Black angus heifer delivers triplets

The odds of having triplets, especially in beef cattle, is 1 in 105,000.

The odds were favorable for Rose and Kendall Brammer of Brammer farms, which is located five miles west of Osceola.

One of their black angus heifers gave birth to triplets, two heifers and one bull, May 16.

“We have had quite a few sets of twins, but this is the first triplets,” said Rose. “They were born during the night and found the next morning.”

The Brammers bought their farm 21 years ago and have been raising beef ever since.

The heifer who gave birth to the triplets has typically given birth to twins almost every year for the eight years the Brammers have owned her.

“We use Charolais  bulls,” Rose said. “We do not artificially inseminate our cattle, so we figure they are a blessing.”

Raising

Rose said the mother heifer claimed the smallest baby heifer, so that calf was tagged and left for the mother to raise.

The Brammers have been bottle feeding the other two calves along with a twin from another cow.

However, Rose said the two calves from the triplets now have moms because “that’s how things go on a cattle farm because we had two moms who needed calves to raise.”

As for the likelihood of having triplets again, that might be best left up to fate.

“Will she do it again? Well, we certainly hope so,” Rose said.