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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 12721">That's not always accurate. Freemartins can be almost completely "normal", and only reveal themselves by not carrying a pregnancy to term. The amount of deviation from normal *seems* to be related to when the placentas joined. The later in the pregnancy that the placentas join, the closer to complete the freemartins reproductive tract will be.I have an Angus freemartin that's 18 months old. She definitely a freemartin, she doesn't have a cervix, but she does have ovaries, and her reproductive tract is open , even lacking the cervix. This girl cycles and ovulates regularly -- every 3 months. Her heat cycles seem to hit her harder than normal females -- her vulva will really swell up and she'll walk around stiff-legged with her tail stuck out behind her. You can tell that "Ribeye" is in heat from across the field. And the blood afterwards shows that she did, in fact, ovulate.She's being butchered next week -- and I expect her to make some good steaks. She's finished real well and quite easily. She looks more like a fat steer than a fat heifer, which I assume has something to do with her out of balance hormones.Ann B> I have read where a quick check> can be made by palpating her> vagina to see if it is a blind> pouch. <a href="mailto:Bledsoes_Bunnies@msn.com">Bledsoes_Bunnies@msn.com</a></blockquote>

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