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A bull calf weighing only 14 ½ pounds was born Wednesday, July 25, on the Pam and Richard Fifer farm, located about six miles south of Gallatin off Hwy. 13.
He’s just a smidgen, considering the average birth weight for the breed is around 70-80 pounds.
The little Angus calf was carried full term and delivered without difficulty or assistance. His parents are regular sized — mama cow weighs over 1,400 pounds and the papa bull weighs over a ton.
"We were thinking something might be wrong, but everything inside seems to be working fine," said Pam.
Pam’s father, Frank Moeller, is a country vet around Harrisonville. Dr. Moeller, 69, is semi retired and says the calf is the lightest he’s ever seen and still be alive. Pam has scanned the internet and looked in the Guinness World Book of Records trying to find out if he might be named the smallest in the world. So far she has not been able to find a registry that could confirm it one way or the other.
The bull calf is bottle fed and eats about a pint and a half twice a day. When it’s time to be fed, he bugles like a little goat.
"He was pretty weak to start with," said Pam. "But he seems to be growing and getting stronger."
The Fifers raise Holstein heifers for two dairies and beef cattle on their farm.
They named the little bull calf Little Guy, or L.G. for short.
"We’re going to have a pet for a long time," Pam said.