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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1613180" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>OK, so the second partial calf is, in fact, a calf. When he cut into the blob, there were teeth and part of a skull.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/njSYmL65" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/njSYmL65/20191230-141735-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/Z0WLSbhs" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Z0WLSbhs/20191230-141804-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>There was an umbilicus and intestines. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/62XFPMqw" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/62XFPMqw/20191230-141949-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>His theory? It is one of two things; the calf is the result of an embryo and the blob is a twin that was split after implantation and never formed completely. The second scenario is that the blob is the result of the second breeding, and never formed right. </p><p></p><p>I did try to call ASA today, because this calf will need to be DNA'd. I was on hold for 10 minutes, then sent to a voice mail to leave a message. I never got a call back. If the live calf is a twin, the DNA will be ran by hair sample. I have that situation right now; we had an embryo that spit and only one calf survived. ASA sent me a hair card instead of a blood card. I guess the blood does not match for some reason, but the hair does. I never knew that one!</p><p></p><p>On a side note, we have had an odd year at calving. In the 12 years we have been breeding beef cattle, we have had I think 4 total sets of twins. This fall alone, this would have been a 4th set if it is in fact a twin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1613180, member: 18809"] OK, so the second partial calf is, in fact, a calf. When he cut into the blob, there were teeth and part of a skull. [url=https://postimg.cc/njSYmL65][img]https://i.postimg.cc/njSYmL65/20191230-141735-1.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/Z0WLSbhs][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Z0WLSbhs/20191230-141804-1.jpg[/img][/url] There was an umbilicus and intestines. [url=https://postimg.cc/62XFPMqw][img]https://i.postimg.cc/62XFPMqw/20191230-141949-1.jpg[/img][/url] His theory? It is one of two things; the calf is the result of an embryo and the blob is a twin that was split after implantation and never formed completely. The second scenario is that the blob is the result of the second breeding, and never formed right. I did try to call ASA today, because this calf will need to be DNA'd. I was on hold for 10 minutes, then sent to a voice mail to leave a message. I never got a call back. If the live calf is a twin, the DNA will be ran by hair sample. I have that situation right now; we had an embryo that spit and only one calf survived. ASA sent me a hair card instead of a blood card. I guess the blood does not match for some reason, but the hair does. I never knew that one! On a side note, we have had an odd year at calving. In the 12 years we have been breeding beef cattle, we have had I think 4 total sets of twins. This fall alone, this would have been a 4th set if it is in fact a twin. [/QUOTE]
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