A cow at York Township's Perrydell farm recently had triplets, a rare feat. But the fertile cow was outdone by a goat with quints some years ago. Background posts: Other cow stories: Boys, she's a Confederate cow and The steer obeyed the traffic rules .
Tom Perry of York Township's Perrydell Farms said the mother of triplet calves is normally a laid-back cow. But her accomplishment landed in the 1 in 105,000 category.
Unfortunately, her production did not meet the output of a Craley goat in 1995.
Anthony "John" and Jockquin Eveler's Alpine goat, named Patches, delivered five healthy, non-identical kids, a feat considered "pretty unusual."
Those quints brought the Eveler family's total of goats to 36.
The Evelers expected to seek a license to sell milk from their goats.
"It makes great ice cream and good cheese," Jockquin Eveler said.
But back to Perrydell's triplets. To learn about an opportunity to visit them, see the following York Daily Record story, orginally headlined "A Cow Wow:" ...
