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<blockquote data-quote="jltrent" data-source="post: 1753346" data-attributes="member: 21075"><p>I have heard of a cow having twins(2 calves total) days a part, but 4 total is amazing.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=163898#:~:text=If%20one%20of%20the%20twins,several%20weeks%20to%20months%20apart.[/URL]</p><p></p><p>ANATONE - Larry and Terry Reeves have seen twin calves born on their Onstot Road ranch, but this winter they got a surprise. One of their cows, No. 93 to be specific, gave birth to a second calf - five days after the first one was born. Having twins arrive almost a week apart is quite uncommon, they said. "We've never had this situation before," said Larry, a lifelong cattle rancher. "It's pretty rare." On Jan. 22, a small, red bull weighing about 55 pounds was born to No. 93. The second calf, a normal-sized 85-pound red heifer, was born Jan. 27. "I thought it was crazy," Terry said, recalling the strange event. "I was going out every day, checking on the cattle. She had her first one and we doctored it and everything. I came out a few days later, and the placenta was hanging out of her, and there was the second one. I was just happy it was alive and doing well." David Rustebakke, a longtime Clarkston veterinarian, said regular twins occur in about 1 percent to 4 percent of cattle births, depending on the breed. In some breeds, the percentage is even less than 1 percent, he said. But having the births occur separately on different days is even more unusual. "I can remember seeing it three or four times in my career," said Rustebakke, who has been a vet for 40 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jltrent, post: 1753346, member: 21075"] I have heard of a cow having twins(2 calves total) days a part, but 4 total is amazing. [URL unfurl="true"]https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=163898#:~:text=If%20one%20of%20the%20twins,several%20weeks%20to%20months%20apart.[/URL] ANATONE - Larry and Terry Reeves have seen twin calves born on their Onstot Road ranch, but this winter they got a surprise. One of their cows, No. 93 to be specific, gave birth to a second calf - five days after the first one was born. Having twins arrive almost a week apart is quite uncommon, they said. "We've never had this situation before," said Larry, a lifelong cattle rancher. "It's pretty rare." On Jan. 22, a small, red bull weighing about 55 pounds was born to No. 93. The second calf, a normal-sized 85-pound red heifer, was born Jan. 27. "I thought it was crazy," Terry said, recalling the strange event. "I was going out every day, checking on the cattle. She had her first one and we doctored it and everything. I came out a few days later, and the placenta was hanging out of her, and there was the second one. I was just happy it was alive and doing well." David Rustebakke, a longtime Clarkston veterinarian, said regular twins occur in about 1 percent to 4 percent of cattle births, depending on the breed. In some breeds, the percentage is even less than 1 percent, he said. But having the births occur separately on different days is even more unusual. "I can remember seeing it three or four times in my career," said Rustebakke, who has been a vet for 40 years. [/QUOTE]
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