IN A 250.000 to 1 shot ,triplet calves have been born in a Newbliss Farm. The vet to delivered the baby cows had never seen the phenomenon before in his 40-year career.
Joyce and Willie Wilkin have had a busy few days recently with the arrival of the Belgian Blue triplets.
This is a highly unusual birth since most detected triplets are terminated to save the mother cow. But this special trio have been treated like babies since their premature arrival – just without the nappies according to Joyce who bottle - fed the calves every four hours for their first week in the world.
The calves named Aidan, Sue and Elle are not the only multiples on the Newbliss farm as the Wilkins also have a further four sets of Belgian Blue twins!