Cookie Crumbs
☆ March 12, 2012
I told Mike the name suggestions left in the last post
and he loved the name Oreo.
So that is her name.
Most of Mike’s cows are solid black but he had one white-faced cow ~
sometimes this cow would have an all black calf and sometimes she would have
a white-faced calf. Sometimes the calf was male and sometimes it was female.
One year, she had a white-faced female calf who is now a mama cow, and her calves follow the same pattern of probability.
Oreo’s mama was born to this cow in 2009, and last year she had her first calf,
a female calf with nearly identical markings. You can see a picture of the two of them HERE. This calf was born a few months before Fiona and is now Fiona’s BFF.
{Seriously, they are inseparable.}
Confused yet?
Original White-Faced Cow –> Second White-Faced Cow –> Oreo’s Mother –>
Oreo’s Mother’s First Calf (aka Fiona’s BFF)
Like her sister, mother, and grandmothers, Oreo will stay part of the herd.
She’s doing so well! Hopping around with a hearty appetite and no lingering ill effects from her rough start in this world.
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March 12th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
Very nice baby! I worry about calves every year because I worry about the weather. This year: not much worrying. It was in the mid 60s here this past weekend! I’m guessing that it’s a little cooler over there but still, little Oreo should be enjoying a lovely spring this year. I know that you will be keeping a close eye on that baby. It’s another happy year of calves up there on the range…
March 13th, 2012 @ 5:58 am
I start my day off each morning at work with a quick look at your website. Your update on Oreo really made my day! She is so cute (and lucky!).
March 13th, 2012 @ 7:36 am
So glad to hear little Oreo is doing well!!
March 13th, 2012 @ 7:42 am
Seeing Oreo doing so well has cheered up my morning.
Does her sister, Mom and Gramma have names or do they go by numbers?
Not naming the ones you can’t keep I understand.
I presume you would need some sort of numbering system for the official records, but I would find it difficult not to give the ones that are staying some sort of cute nickname especially if I was around them every day.
I can just see me in the fields with my not very strong, high pitched voice trying to call them. Every one within range of my voice, both two legged and four, would either be rolling in the fields in hysterical laughter, or totally ignoring me.
March 13th, 2012 @ 7:54 am
I’m so glad to see Oreo doing so well! She is certainly a beauty and looks just like her Mom (cow Mom, not Shreve Mom). I’m even more glad to know that Oreo and her kin will remain part of the home herd, thus part of the Farmily!
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:00 am
I just love happy endings!
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:31 am
this update on young oreo made my heart extra happy this fine tuesday. thanks!
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:37 am
Oh my. Heart melting here. Look at that sweet face. I liked the name MOxy but Oreo is great too. God bless ya.
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:37 am
Oreo was born on Tuesday, March 6, wasn’t she? That day was the 100th anniversary of the Oreo cookie.
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:39 am
So happy to hear Oreo is doing well.
March 13th, 2012 @ 8:40 am
My comment on the last post disappeared so will try again on this one. Glad to see Oreo doing so well after all your efforts, we all need a helping hand at some point in our lives and you gave her a good one.
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:27 am
Thanks for the update on Oreo. She and her mother are beautiful.
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:29 am
Well, isn’t she a precious little bean? Love the photos!
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:32 am
precious!!
great story to start the day with!
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:37 am
I’m so glad Oreo is thriving!
I know from my herd of (rescued) cats how that BFF thing works.
Mike’s herd is expanding. How many are in it now? Will it eventually take over Wyoming?
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:57 am
Nice to hear the update on Oreo, and cute story about cow friendships. :)
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:03 am
She is a precious angel…
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:04 am
Yeah! Beautiful update to a beautiful story. Not a story though, a true tale, even better.
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:26 am
Glad Oreo is doing well but now we need a name for her sister other than just “Fiona’s BFF” Taking from the current theme, why not Cookie?
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:37 am
It’s so funny how the markings are passed down. Oreo is a perfect name.
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:52 am
How appropriate that milk and Oreos go so well together. Grow big and strong, sweet little cow.
March 13th, 2012 @ 11:56 am
Awwwww! So happy for all concerned (especially Oreo and her cow-mama).
March 13th, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
Awesome!!! She is one cute little Cookie!
March 13th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm
Oreo is perfect… In every way…starting with her name!
March 13th, 2012 @ 12:26 pm
I love the black marks around her eyes, it makes her look like a panda-cow! :)
March 13th, 2012 @ 12:36 pm
I second Rachael’s suggestion of giving Oreo’s sister a name.
March 13th, 2012 @ 1:04 pm
thank you for the update and love the BFF moos…too cute!!!! :)
March 13th, 2012 @ 1:09 pm
I just love the side-stories to the main stories on your websites. Thanks so much for adding them – thanks too for the updates when we (your readers)are left worrying about something or someone. Your posts do linger in the mind you know! (As every good story should.)
March 13th, 2012 @ 1:19 pm
Perfect! My uncle had a black and white cat named Oreo. Boy cat.
Isn’t genetics fascinating?
The black cows with the white faces have sorta panda markings because the black is around their eyes.
So glad Oreo can stay with the herd.
I wonder if all of the cows know which are their daughters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and cousins?
March 13th, 2012 @ 9:22 pm
She is so cute, I can’t even stand it! Loved the NICU story…your life and writing inspire me so much. Thanks for sharing it with us!
I also doubt I’m alone here when I ask: when are we going to see the pixie cut?! ; )
Rejoiceful, happy hugs to Oreo and her whole herd!
March 13th, 2012 @ 10:41 pm
Your stories are such a gift to those of us who long to lounge on bulls, yet are set up in an apartment!
March 14th, 2012 @ 8:23 am
Cool shot – both mom and baby in profile. Is that Fiona behind them?
CeeBee: Ha! Funny question about Mike’s herd taking over big ol’ Wyoming. Warms the heart to think of an entire state filled with happy, pampered cows… with names.
March 14th, 2012 @ 1:39 pm
Glad to see she’s doing much better than her start in this world. :)
March 15th, 2012 @ 4:31 pm
Oreo was born on my Birthday. I hope you keep her forever and she has a wonderful life.
March 15th, 2012 @ 8:31 pm
you need a venn diagram!