CLARKSON’S Farm star Kaleb Cooper took to social media to reveal a devastating blow affecting one of his personal business projects.
Kaleb, 25, fought back tears as he explained that he faces losing three dairy cows that he bought just weeks earlier.
The cows were nothing to do with Diddly Squat, as Kaleb has recently acquired them as part of a new business venture.
But in an expired Instagram Story video, the dad-of-two explained that there was a problem with some of the cows. He had to test them for the respiratory disease bovine TB.
“Now today’s a bit stressful,” he admitted in the video. “Today I’ve just found out the place where I have my dairy cows – the 21 cows that I bought – has got three reactors to TB.”
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He continued: “I don’t really know how to describe the emotion. I know I mean it’s not all my cows and I don’t know how he [the other owner] feels – but it’s hard.”
Kaleb was visibly holding back tears as he explained what that meant for his cows.
“It’s not good. Three reactors, so, therefore, we’ve got to test again in two months’ time. That’s three cows we’ve lost that are milking,” he said.
Unfortunately, cows that have TB are usually killed to stop the spread of the infection.
Now Kaleb will have to wait two more months to see if they have managed to contain the infection. He will have to wait and see whether he will lose anymore of his herd.
This sad news comes just weeks after Kaleb announced that he and a friend had bought the herd of 21 dairy cows.
Kaleb could not contain himself and took to Instagram to share the news at the end of July.
“I was too excited not to share this, so I’m posting it now. I own 21 dairy cows that are being milked locally to me. Guess I’m going back to milking in the mornings to do my part,” the Clarkson's Farm star wrote alongside the video.
He grinned as he shared the news and also explained that he hoped to take his viewers on “a journey” into the world of dairy farming.
Kaleb has since shared a few updates about the cows, including the fact that he now gets all his milk from them.
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Losing three of his dairy cows has been a big blow to the farmer who owns four acres of land and has big ambitions of one day owning his own farm.
