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© BBCJon Appleby joked that cracking open a triple-yolk egg last week must have been a sign of the awesome birth.
A farmer was stunned after one of his cows gave birth to triplets at an incredible odds of 700,000 to 1.

Despite working on the farm his entire life, Jon Appleby, from Wirral in the northwest England, had never heard of three calves being born at the same time from the same mother.

That was until one of his 74 cows at Greenhouse Farm, "number 901," did exactly that, giving birth to three male calves, the Daily Mail reports.

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© BBCThe farmer said he at first thought the cow had twins, which isn’t uncommon, but upon closer inspection, he discovered there were in fact three male calves.
The 44-year old said he thought that she had twins, which wasn't uncommon, but when he looked again there were in fact three.

He added that she had been in a field on her own, so there was no chance that they weren't all hers.

Appleby and his wife, Joy, who jointly run the farm, have seen around 180 new arrivals since they began calving at the beginning of August.
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© BBCBecause they arrived so soon after the royal baby, the calves have been named George, Louis and Alexander.
The triplets' arrival is a bit of history for the farm and the Appleby family, and as they arrived so soon after the royal baby, the calves have been named George, Louis and Alexander.

In addition to the dairy herd, the farm, which operates a free-range egg business, also has 3,000 hens.

Appleby joked that cracking an egg last week to find it was a triple yolker must have been a sign, saying, "Someone was trying to tell us something!