31/03/2026
Introducing… our calves! 🐄
At Morrells Wood Farm, we have recently become home to 8 very friendly hand-reared calves, and wanted to make a page to share their antics (because we are finding them very entertaining)!
On March 5th we collected our 6 wonderful Angus x heifers from a local Dairy farm (all handpicked by me for their cuteness and friendliness), with the intention of integrating them into our current Hereford x suckler herd! So I’ll begin by introducing the girls first…
JAN is the oldest of the bunch, and the only calf born in January (hence her name!), but she certainly doesn’t act it! Because she was originally a bottle calf, Jan acts like an overgrown puppy, following me round with lots of kisses and nibbles! She has a little white spot on her head (which may be difficult to capture in any photos as she normally stands so close to the camera that I can only get pictures of her nostrils)!
NELLIE loves to eat. Anything. My jacket, my wellies, my kneecaps, all of it is Nellie’s for the taking! Nellie is a typical Angus, all black and quite large (which makes her very difficult to wrestle when she’s munching something she shouldn’t).
DIPSTICK (named for the white at the end of her tail) doesn’t miss a trick! She’s a very clever girl, especially when there’s food involved, and is the largest of the bunch, taking to the corn pellets quickest and growing the most since she’s been here!
FIG is a little bit dippy. When she first came here, she had to be woken up for her milk (and I would happily oblige because I’m a softie). She’s beautiful and friendly, and she knows it too, expecting princess treatment from even the most serious of farmers! She is named for her brown coat. She and Dipstick are “twins”, both born on the 10th of February!
MARNIE has a bit of an attitude problem (which is only allowed because she’s a very pretty little girl). She is one of the youngest and acts like it, throwing a tantrum if anyone comes near her too quickly (particularly Jack after he tried to take her temperature!). She was originally called Marilyn because of her white beauty spot and her diva attitude, but shortly became Marnie because Marilyn felt out of keeping on a farmyard!
LUCKY is, well, lucky. Not only is she number 13 (and we were being optimistic), but she was also born upside down and is very lucky to be alive! She’s another beautiful brown heifer with a curly tuft on the top of her head (which is starting to look like an 80s hairstyle!) and white socks on her back feet. Her favourite game is running laps around the pen as soon as anyone is trying to bed up.
Shortly after collecting the girls, we decided it was going well enough to take on a couple more calves. On March 11th we collected 2 boys from the same Dairy farm. These were the Friesian steers who were struggling to find a home, and we decided to call them Ant and Dec!
ANT is the bigger of the two boys and a really gentleman! He was a bit reluctant with people at first, but soon got comfortable (especially after a few scratches), and is now one of the most friendly! He has excellent recall (lol) and loves to come and say hello to any visitors to his barn. He looks like a typical picture-book “cow”, with handsome black and white markings and a heart-shaped white splodge on his forehead.
DEC is a little cheekier! He’s not a big fan of the whole “say hello to humans thing” and would much rather be left alone (unless there’s milk involved and then he could make an exception)! However, he’s a big fan of dogs, particularly Connie, and loves playing hide and seek games with her whenever he can (although I’m not sure Connie knows she’s playing)!
Below are all the different close-ups (some times too close-ups) of our calves, so you can get to know them one by one!
Follow the page to keep up with all of our calves and their mischief! 🐮
- Carys
