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Heifer Twin Free Martin?
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<blockquote data-quote="darcelina4" data-source="post: 1674967" data-attributes="member: 27059"><p>I got to a dairy sale and they do announce ones known to be free martins. I can tell you the freemartin heifers grow more like steers. They were huge compared to the sisters the same age. When my daighterr was showing we wished we had found a beef free Martin heifer as she would have made a big stout show calf. Show heifers are usually bad breeding cows anyway. Right now I have a yearling twin heifer that I am hoping will breed. She is the sweetest girl. When we brought her home at a day old our beef shorthorn cow was birthing. After the natural calf had colostrum we put this one on her to be sure it got colostrum. The cow adopted her and raised both. The natural calf wanted to be feral and not stay where I put her. Last week I had enough and she went to the salebarn. This one I can walk up and put a halter on and lead away. In June I will put her with a bull. If she doesn't breed I guess I will eat her. But I sure like her disposition and her looks. She looks feminine not masculine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darcelina4, post: 1674967, member: 27059"] I got to a dairy sale and they do announce ones known to be free martins. I can tell you the freemartin heifers grow more like steers. They were huge compared to the sisters the same age. When my daighterr was showing we wished we had found a beef free Martin heifer as she would have made a big stout show calf. Show heifers are usually bad breeding cows anyway. Right now I have a yearling twin heifer that I am hoping will breed. She is the sweetest girl. When we brought her home at a day old our beef shorthorn cow was birthing. After the natural calf had colostrum we put this one on her to be sure it got colostrum. The cow adopted her and raised both. The natural calf wanted to be feral and not stay where I put her. Last week I had enough and she went to the salebarn. This one I can walk up and put a halter on and lead away. In June I will put her with a bull. If she doesn't breed I guess I will eat her. But I sure like her disposition and her looks. She looks feminine not masculine. [/QUOTE]
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