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Katie: on a practical basis, a freemartin is sterile. That is why neither Fire Sweep nor I was following CP's logic. The genetic state of a freemartin heifer is XX - normal female mammal but they also exhibit chimerism which means there will be cells that exhibit the XX/XY compliment. There...

Correct me if I'm wrong but if she was able to Have a calf wouldn't she be like any other heifer and not hot have the Y chromosome? After all isn't that what they are testing for in the Freemartin test?

It is my understanding that in order to be a embryo split they would be identical twins which would mean same sex. From my research Freemartins have to be the result of 2 separate embryos that's placental membranes end up joining/sharing around day 40. I would figure that would explain why...

"Trich" is Trichomoniasis. It is a sexually transmitted disease.

I use biopryn also. They have to be at least 28 days post breeding and if they are lactating cows they must also be 73 days post calving according to www.biotracking.com

Opposite sex twins are always fraternal. Any heifer born twin to a bull is most likely going to be a freemartin, but you can always have her tested to be sure.

More than likely she was too far along for the lute to work and she is actually getting ready to deliver a full term calf.

We use Jeffers for most of our pet/livestock/horse needs their website is www.jefferspet.com Not sure if they have what you are looking for but they are reputable and have good prices. Hope this helps.

Briar! We started out joking about naming our son Briar and it stuck.

Thanks! Might wait for their second calf to breed to a brahman to be on the safe side. Do some of you that deal with jerseys have any recommendations on a "Good" jersey bull I could AI these girls to for their 1st calf? I normally get my Semen from Bovine Elite, but they don't have a good...

I have one that sound very similar to yours. She was about 6 weeks and thought mabe the calf was on a nerve. She would get up and down with a little trouble, but wouldn't walk. After a couple of days of taking food and water to her we backed a trailer up to her and rolled her in it to...

I have a jersey and 2 Braunvieh x Minuture Jersey heifers that I will be AIing next spring. I was thinking about breeding them to a Brahman. I am going to see how big the Braunvieh x ones get before I am for sure, but has anyone had experience with this cross good or bad? I am located in Texas...

The bull is usually fine it is the heifer that only has like a 1 or 5% chance of being normal. It is called freemartin.

3way, it very well could be..who knows. We probably will not ever find out, but sure would be nice to know. It seems like a crazy reason to me considering my husband is grown and his dad (who raised him) adopted him so child support or back support wasn't an issue and you can will your things...

We located my husbands biological father about 10 years back. My husband was 26 at the time and supposedly the father didn't know my husband was his...who knows. Anyway he paid to fly us out to meet him, his wife, their daughter and son spent a week with them and kept in contact for about 6...