The Reporoa dairy farm manager said he thought it was a bit odd to find the calf with an extra leg attached to its neck when he and farm worker Ben Shaw helped a struggling cow give birth recently.
"At first I thought I was dreaming as I gave it an extra tug," he said.
"I thought 'that's not right'. It was a bit odd ... It's like an extra shoulder on its neck with a hoof on it."
However, the animal isn't at all perturbed by the extra limb draped across her neck - she's doing everything every other growing calf is doing.
"She's perfectly healthy," he said. "In fact she's really healthy and not fazed at all by it." He's not sure what went wrong but another calf born this season had no tail and a few years back one was born with a third eye while another didn't have any bones.
"I think something strange must have happened at the last mating. I reckon it could have something to do with the new staff," he said jokingly.
"It's weird though because it's a Friesian calf but the extra leg looks like an angus."
He plans to put the animal on Trade Me but if it doesn't get any bites she's heading for the freezer.
"I might get an extra corn beef off that extra leg," he told The Daily Post.
Odd One: Reporoa dairy farm manager Jonathan King with the Friesian calf born with an extra leg, seen draped across its neck.
Reporoa veterinarian Mike Beavon said it was unusual for an animal to be born with an extra limb but not impossible.
"Most vets see the odd lamb with five or six legs every season," he said.
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