A cow in Northeast Texas has given birth to rare quadrulets. The four calves — now known as Eeny, Meeny, Miny, and Moo — are healthy and thriving, even though their successful birth was an extremely rare occurence!
"We knew she was pregnant, but we didn't know she was going to do this," farmer Jimmy Barling said. "This was a shock. This blew our minds."
Local veterinarian Mike Baird told NBC that the odds of four live births from one cow are 1 in 11.2 million!
Here at LittleThings, we've covered plenty of miraculous births — like the mare that gave birth to healthy twin foals, a colt and a filly.
Barling and his wife Dora Rumsey-Barling own about 20 cattle outside of DeKalb, near the Arkansas and Oklahoma borders. Barling planned to get DNA tests done to satisfy those who may question the births from one mother.
"In the interest of science and the animal world, it's one of those things that need to be verified beyond a shadow of a doubt," Baird added.
The mother cow is unable to nurse all four calves, so the couple are leaning on the support of neighbors and friends to help them care for the babies.
According to Barling, "Moo has stayed with her mother, while Eeny, Meeny and Miny are with two different caretakers. Meeny is the smallest of the calves, weighing in at about 25 pounds." (The typical healthy birth weight for a calf is 75 pounds.)
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