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<blockquote data-quote="ClinchValley86" data-source="post: 1838366" data-attributes="member: 38595"><p>Was reading a while back in a Bonsma group on FB about predicting the sex of a calf by how the hair lays down the back/spine of a cow in the last trimester. </p><p>Heifer = hair standing up</p><p>Bull = hair laid down</p><p></p><p>Anyone looked at this? It grabbed my interest. Was a result of the calfs hormones influencing the cow IIRC. </p><p></p><p>The cow that calved last night had hair laying down on the spine. It was indeed a bull calf. 50/50 chance of getting it right. </p><p></p><p>The one to calve the next day or two has hair standing up on her spine. That'd indicate a heifer if there's any merit to this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClinchValley86, post: 1838366, member: 38595"] Was reading a while back in a Bonsma group on FB about predicting the sex of a calf by how the hair lays down the back/spine of a cow in the last trimester. Heifer = hair standing up Bull = hair laid down Anyone looked at this? It grabbed my interest. Was a result of the calfs hormones influencing the cow IIRC. The cow that calved last night had hair laying down on the spine. It was indeed a bull calf. 50/50 chance of getting it right. The one to calve the next day or two has hair standing up on her spine. That'd indicate a heifer if there's any merit to this. [/QUOTE]
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