Clover Creek Welcomes First Calves of the Year

Clover Creek Cheese Cellar welcomed the first two calves of the year on the morning of Friday, March 8, to their 126-acre Ojala Farm in Williamsburg.

Cheesemaker Anthony Rice, said their cow Mikaela gave birth to twins, a boy and girl.

“The boy is Maldon and the girl is Mezcal,” he said.

When naming the calves, they like to have the first letters match the mother’s.

Rice said they had a calf guessing contest to see who could predict whether Mikaela would give birth to a boy or girl.

“We have twins – a boy and girl so we thought well that’s not an option we thought of — guess everyone wins that...