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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1188906" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>We had cow (heidi) that did the same thing, 3 times in a row, but did it 2 months too early each time, She did however always adopt another calf. The first year she did it, 2 of her maternal relatives did it too (in a herd of only 18 cows).. The first one calved a little early, and died of unknown causes after a couple days suddenly, we gave the twin bulls to a neighbor who calves out earlier and had some wet cows.. The second cow only wanted one of the twin heifers, so Heidi adopted the other twin and did a good job of raising it. The other twin that was raised by her real mother we kept as a replacement, still have her, and after 6 calves has never had a twin. I doubt I'll be keeping anything from her though, she raises good steers but always fails at raising a nice heifer.</p><p>2 years ago I had one of my monster cows (Frame 8 and darned close to 2000 lbs) have a 110 lb bull calf.. she was in a mood of sorts so I left her alone, the next day she wasn't feeling well.. Guess what? another 110 lb bull calf in her, breech and dead unfortunately.. didn't figure for another calf in there with the size of the first one.</p><p></p><p>Twins are always so cute when they work out... I look forward to seeing how they do later on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1188906, member: 9096"] We had cow (heidi) that did the same thing, 3 times in a row, but did it 2 months too early each time, She did however always adopt another calf. The first year she did it, 2 of her maternal relatives did it too (in a herd of only 18 cows).. The first one calved a little early, and died of unknown causes after a couple days suddenly, we gave the twin bulls to a neighbor who calves out earlier and had some wet cows.. The second cow only wanted one of the twin heifers, so Heidi adopted the other twin and did a good job of raising it. The other twin that was raised by her real mother we kept as a replacement, still have her, and after 6 calves has never had a twin. I doubt I'll be keeping anything from her though, she raises good steers but always fails at raising a nice heifer. 2 years ago I had one of my monster cows (Frame 8 and darned close to 2000 lbs) have a 110 lb bull calf.. she was in a mood of sorts so I left her alone, the next day she wasn't feeling well.. Guess what? another 110 lb bull calf in her, breech and dead unfortunately.. didn't figure for another calf in there with the size of the first one. Twins are always so cute when they work out... I look forward to seeing how they do later on :) [/QUOTE]
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