Third set of twins today...first set, one grafted successfully to a heifer. Second set, one was stillborn, but other was healthy....Today, got a almost identical set of bulls. In fact, if i hadnt seen the cow with a new one with a mottled face and accidentally seen one in the woods with the same mottled face, i may have never realized they were twins. Tried the cow to see if she knew both were hers by taking it to her...nope...So, i have another candidate for grafting..
So glad i saw the twin, it was only a fluke that i did see it. I have calves everywhere, so its getting harder and harder to see a new calf among so many laying around.. It just happened to look up and i saw the white on its face, i was about 75 yards away and all alone in the woods away from the cows. If it had been solid black, i wouldnt have seen it. Anywho, he's fed and happy now.
We culled though heifers and bulls this morning to sell. Put the rest of the calving heifers in our calving lot and threw out the few that calved the past couple days into the big pasture. There are 13 left. Odds give us a good chance i'll lose one of theirs, lost only one so far out of 31 heifers....and if we do, i have her one waiting.
A few days ago, husband went with me to check cows. I pointed out this smallish angus cow and said, she's going to have twins. Now, i've said this many times and am about 50% right or 50% wrong..lol..
So glad i saw the twin, it was only a fluke that i did see it. I have calves everywhere, so its getting harder and harder to see a new calf among so many laying around.. It just happened to look up and i saw the white on its face, i was about 75 yards away and all alone in the woods away from the cows. If it had been solid black, i wouldnt have seen it. Anywho, he's fed and happy now.
We culled though heifers and bulls this morning to sell. Put the rest of the calving heifers in our calving lot and threw out the few that calved the past couple days into the big pasture. There are 13 left. Odds give us a good chance i'll lose one of theirs, lost only one so far out of 31 heifers....and if we do, i have her one waiting.
A few days ago, husband went with me to check cows. I pointed out this smallish angus cow and said, she's going to have twins. Now, i've said this many times and am about 50% right or 50% wrong..lol..
