A baby cow in Gitiri village within Nga’araria Ward, Muraga County has stunned locals after being born with two heads.
The cow experienced a 12 hour labour only to deliver a calf with deformities.
The animal, which has four eyes and two mouths, can be seen lying on the ground.
The owner called a local veterinary to help in the delivery as the cow had spent 12 hour in labor, According to veterinary, the cow had not shown any sign to suggest it will deliver a deformed calf – The calf however did not live long as it died a few hours after being born
The incident has left residents in disbelief as it is the first time to experience such Residents of Gitiri village within Nga’araria Ward, Muraga County are in shock after a cow belonging to one of the farmers sired a calf with rare bodily defects. The calf belonging to Joyce Wanjiku was sired on Wednesday, October 17, morning and had two heads, five legs, two backbones and two tails.
The calf had two heads, five legs, two backbones and two tails
The cow had developed signs of calving on the night of Tuesday, October 16and with the help of her son together they decided to keep vigil at the cowshed to assist the cow. She, however, explained the cow had a prolonged labour which prompted her to call a veterinary officer who lives nearby.
The cow had a prolonged labour which prompted the owner to call a veterinary officer who lives nearby.
The deformities in the calf made the delivery to take long as it was hard to pass through the birth canal forcing the farmer to pull it out at around 9.00am but died few hours later. When it came out, she almost broke into a run as that was not the calf she expected from her cow that had sired two times previously. Her son said he was equally perplexed and said all through the cow did not register any signs to suggest it would bring forth a calf that was deformed.
Murang’a County Governor Mwangi wa Iria launched an ambitious plan to woo youths to invest in dairy farming.
Dubbed ‘One Youth One Cow’, the project, a joint initiative between the county government and the Murang’a County Creameries (MCC) was to allow youths to access seed capital to purchase and rear dairy cows for the expanding milk market in a project that would see Kenyas economic growth.