FEATURED COW OF THE WEEK: LUNA LIGHTNING

I have been doing Holsteins the whole time for my blog, but I do live on a beef farm where I personally raise Herefords and my sisters have black and red Angus. This weeks featured cow of the week is Luna Lightning. She was born this morning around 4 AM, right in time for a thunderstorm. Her mom had the choice of having her in the barn but decided outside would be better. In Luna's first half hour of life, she saw rain and lightning, therefore giving her the name Luna Lightning.

Luna's grand dam (her grandma) is the first cow of my herd, her name is Maybelle and I purchased her with my own money in 2008. Luna's dam (mom) is Maya. This is Maya's second calf. Luna's sire (dad) is Revolution.

Luna will grow up on our farm to be like her mom and spend days eating out in the pasture with the rest of our red and black herd. Then once a year she will have a calf. The calf will be with her for about four to six months, then he or she will go to another pen to grow up and Luna will get to spend her time with just her friends.