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A Friend for Sugar

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Being new to raising farm animals I tried to read up on nutrition, housing, all the things needed for caring for cattle. There was one thing I didn’t know, that cattle need friends of their own kind to be happy. It didn’t take long before I started scrolling through the Maryland Farmers Exchange group on Facebook looking for a friend for Sugar.

This was the picture posted for “Rosie” a heifer Jersey/Highland cross living in Frederick, MD.

Close-up of a brown calf eating from a bowl on a grassy area, surrounded by a farm setting with trees in the background.

I contacted the farmer who owned her and inquired why she was up for sale. Rosie was a beloved family pet, but they were going through a medical issue with the family and needed to downsize. She sounded pretty perfect. We arranged for delivery the following week.

After a few minutes of getting acquainted, Rosie and Sugar became fast friends.

A white calf and a brown heifer lying together in a grassy field surrounded by trees and a fence.

Rosie has a huge personality, she is smart and curious about everything and always wants to help. A few pics below of Rosie being Rosie.

A heifer named Rosie, a Jersey/Highland cross, stands among torn tarps in a barn at night.
Rosie destroyed this shade structure one night when we went out to dinner.
A Jersey/Highland cross heifer standing in a water trough in a sunny farm setting, with green fields and a barn in the background.
She likes to stand IN the water trough on hot summer days. Even with a mister she chooses to be in the water.
A brown heifer standing in a barn doorway, surrounded by straw, with its head turned toward the camera.
Always trying to get into the sheep house
A person lying on the grass with two calves, one brown wearing a pink halter and one white, in a pasture.
This is when we both fell completely in love with cattle.

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