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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1720410" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Yes, I have a good amount of twins. According to Cornell speakers at meetings years ago, they contribute a lot of twinning on nutrition. But, mostly it's fertility (I think). Have no idea what the "numbers" are now, but it used to be said "average twinning is like 8%" - Simmentals were at 13%.</p><p>[USER=36925]@CalumetFarms[/USER] - to me, the worse thing you could do is separate them. Like Murry said, lock them up together.</p><p>Mine calve in a pen or if a screw up and they calve outside - they get put together in a pen for several days. Mom and calves need to figure things out. Like mentioned, not all cows can count to 2 and they can have a hard time accepting both, although I don't think I have ever had one reject the 2nd calf completely. But, again, they are kept together.</p><p>Your cow looks milky enough to handle the two.</p><p>Ken, I rarely have a twin weigh less than 70#. </p><p>If I have a cow lose a calf, I definitely splice one of the twins on her. Takes a while, but it works, and takes the pressure off the original dam.</p><p>Twin heifers - BONUS!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1720410, member: 968"] Yes, I have a good amount of twins. According to Cornell speakers at meetings years ago, they contribute a lot of twinning on nutrition. But, mostly it's fertility (I think). Have no idea what the "numbers" are now, but it used to be said "average twinning is like 8%" - Simmentals were at 13%. [USER=36925]@CalumetFarms[/USER] - to me, the worse thing you could do is separate them. Like Murry said, lock them up together. Mine calve in a pen or if a screw up and they calve outside - they get put together in a pen for several days. Mom and calves need to figure things out. Like mentioned, not all cows can count to 2 and they can have a hard time accepting both, although I don't think I have ever had one reject the 2nd calf completely. But, again, they are kept together. Your cow looks milky enough to handle the two. Ken, I rarely have a twin weigh less than 70#. If I have a cow lose a calf, I definitely splice one of the twins on her. Takes a while, but it works, and takes the pressure off the original dam. Twin heifers - BONUS!!! [/QUOTE]
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