Chianina

Today we visited a cattle farm in Sibbe (near Valkenburg). The parents of Tamara, a friend of ours, own a Chianina farm. The Chianina are a rare breed of Italian cattle, originally from around Florence, and they own the only Dutch farm where these cows and bulls are bred.
I am not a cow aficionado, but these are very beautiful animals. White, sturdy and huge: bulls can easily reach up to 2 meters, and weigh 1600kg (the weight of a small Landrover). They are the largest race of cattle worldwide. But most beautiful are the calves: the first few months they are brown and stand on very tall legs. With these legs and their large eyes they almost resemble to Bambi!