Bath time for Blossom! 🛁🌸😍 #calf #cow #love #bonding #mother #farming #herefords #animal | Elwess Herefords

Baby calves playing in the evening sunshine ☀️ #calf #calves #play #playtime #zoomies #cute #funny #cow #cows #herefordcattle #herefords #farm #farming #farmlife #sunday #sunshine #evening | Elwess Herefords

Dairy calves playing without their mums ❤️ Locomotor play is performed alone or with other calves at the same time. It includes jumping, hind leg kicks, and galloping. Social play includes reciprocal frontal pushing of another calf's head or neck. While some farmers may see this play as an indication of ‘good welfare’, play can also increase in stressful situations, as a response to reduced parental care, or even increase after a period of deprivation 😞 A study in Applied Animal Behaviour Scien