In June of 2019 when The Devoted Barn came to Rose Township, they came with ten cows. Later that year they picked up 2 veal calves (Cash and Kharma). In September of 2020 they picked up Rodger, a calf with a shoulder injury. That makes 13 cows. Cash and Kharma were adopted to a home in Georgia in September 2021, which should put their "cow count"at 11 at this time. Well, it is guaranteed that if you go count the cows at The Devoted Barn property, you will count more than 11.
Where did the additional cows come from you ask? They were born there. This is what happened. When they moved in they had a calf named Lester. Lester reached sexual maturity in 2020 and bred the females heifers that he was pastured with. In 2021, 4 calves were born. One of these calves was shipped down to Georgia with Cash and Kharma, and two still live out with the other cows. One of the calves was born on Christmas Day. This calf, named Holly, was reportedly rejected by it's mother and had to be removed from the field and bottle fed. She has lived in a stall and has not been turned in out a pasture since. For comparison, veal calves are confined to a small place and butchered at 4 months of age. Is it fair that Holly has been kept in a stall 12X12 stall with goats since the end of December? The Devoted Barn has not mentioned Holly on their social media pages because they do not want the public to know of her existence and how she came to be. Melissa even lied on a community Facebook page, stating that the calf was adopted from another farm as it was an orphan and was NOT born there. It's ironic that the Holly is a red and white Hereford cow, just like her alleged parents, isn't it? It was a lack of responsibility on the part of The Devoted Barn that allowed a bull to create more cows. These additional mouths cost money and resources every month.
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