"They're being treated like three children!"- Leitrim farmer on triplet calves

A Leitrim farmer has spoken of his delight after the odds were defied on his farm recently. Based in Dowra, the Crawford brothers have been providing suckler farmers across Ireland with top quality in-calf heifers for over 20 years.On the 16th, they welcomed triplet calves, from a Charolais/Limousin cross, bred with their own stock Limousin bull.Coincidentally, the Crawford's also had a set of triplets in 2020 from a different Limousin cow, bred with the same stock bull.The odds of a cow having triplets is a 1 in 150,000 chance but having three calves of the same sex is a 1 in 400,000 chance.Speaking to Ocean FM news, John Crawford says the calves are enjoying some special treatment!