I had stated in a seperate post how we have had no problem with twins for the first twenty some years of cattle, but the last two years we have had 3 sets still born and no surviving twins. I too will join your club.
Sorry if this has been discussed before but I am new to this board and love it!! I was just curious about others thoughts about a calf that we have. The calf is 2 1/2 weeks old and her mother is still kicking at her when she tries to suck. I can't speak for when I am not there obviously but...
can't speak for the first set of twins as i was out of town but this years set were identical bull caves from what i could tell, same white scrotum etc.. Still trying to decide if I should try to get her to "adopt" a 2 week old calf whose mom is still only feeding when she is locked up and fed...
I am starting to agree to your way of thinking. We have had cattle for 23 years and have probably had 15 sets of twins. All healthy, one pair was rather small and stayed that way. In 06 we lost our only 2 sets of twins after the 15 healthy sets. This year we were down to 5 cows left to...
Just had a 4 year old cow that had her 2nd consecutive set of DEAD backwards twins. I know the obvious answer is to ship her out, but I was always of the understanding that stuff like that wasn't genetic and she is a tall and long cow. One of the nicest we own in fact. Anyone know genetics or...