Rural Life
Two separate farm births have defied the odds this March, with sextuplet lambs born in Co. Wicklow and triplet calves born in Co. Cavan
N.Ireland
Farmer Barry Mulgrew from Killeeshil, Co. Tyrone 'couldn't believe' his luck this week with the birth of triplet calves
Armagh farmer, Kyle McCall, enjoyed a career highlight this week, when one of his Charolais cows gave birth to triplets
Dairy
The Stanleys have expressed elation at the rare birth of triplet Friesian heifers on their dairy farm in Bandon Co. Cork over the weekend
The odds were "defied" after a set of triplet heifer calves were born on a farm in Co. Monaghan this week (Tuesday, January 30)
It was a case of lightning strikes twice in Co. Mayo, as another farmer in the county was surprised by triplet calves.
Beef
A Co. Mayo farmer who had assumed his cow was having twins, was in for a shock when she gave birth to triplet heifer calves on Halloween night.
The cow has now given birth to two sets of triples, four sets of twins and one three single calves, and may go into calf again this year.
A farm family in Co. Meath got a pleasant surprise when their cow was calving last week - triplet calves.
A Co. Kerry farmer got an unexpected surprise over the weekend when he ventured out early Saturday morning to check one of his cows.
A Roscommon farmer got a surprise when he went out to tend to his calving cow in the summer; the cow had triplet calves.
Associated with bad luck, the McGuiness family from Drumloin, Co. Roscommon, had a rather fortuitous Friday the 13th when a Simmental cow gave birth to triplet bull calves on their farm.
One farmer arrived out to his shed yesterday evening to the surprise of triplets - two Holstein Friesian bulls and a heifer.
Agri Politics
One UK farmer went to check on his cow calving at the recently and instead of the two calves they thought she was expecting, they found triplets.
