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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1765633" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Thought I would update this thread, since this cow has again done something odd. This girl is a Built Right x Wide Body dam, and she has always had an embryo calf for us (since the calving above). Last year I wanted to get a natural calf out of her, since she is darn nice female with a good pedigree. We AI'd her to Exit 44, a bull I have seen in the flesh and like his first calves. She came back in heat 3 weeks later so I hand bred her to a bull we raised from an embryo that we really like (he was 10 months old at the time). </p><p>She calved this morning, and I knew she was going to so I was very worried about twins, since her due date was 9/30. Walked out this morning to see a very chromed up heifer calf, but BIG for 2 weeks early (actually, 13 days early) at 87 pounds. OR, had she stuck to an AI date which would make this calf 9 days late.... So we will DNA this one. The live cover bull (would be our first calf out of him) is our Executive Order x PRS Spring Velvet we decided to use. We saw him breed her, so that is why I was worried about twins when she started springing so early. Our bull should be calving ease, so the weight of the calf tells me it is likely an Exit 44, and knowing this cow has done this once before (she is the one with the embryo confusion above, she cycled after she was already bred once before so why not again?). Anyway, any guesses? We will DNA the calf probably next month (we have a bunch of embryos to do, so will just include that one). [ATTACH=full]21251[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]21252[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1765633, member: 18809"] Thought I would update this thread, since this cow has again done something odd. This girl is a Built Right x Wide Body dam, and she has always had an embryo calf for us (since the calving above). Last year I wanted to get a natural calf out of her, since she is darn nice female with a good pedigree. We AI'd her to Exit 44, a bull I have seen in the flesh and like his first calves. She came back in heat 3 weeks later so I hand bred her to a bull we raised from an embryo that we really like (he was 10 months old at the time). She calved this morning, and I knew she was going to so I was very worried about twins, since her due date was 9/30. Walked out this morning to see a very chromed up heifer calf, but BIG for 2 weeks early (actually, 13 days early) at 87 pounds. OR, had she stuck to an AI date which would make this calf 9 days late.... So we will DNA this one. The live cover bull (would be our first calf out of him) is our Executive Order x PRS Spring Velvet we decided to use. We saw him breed her, so that is why I was worried about twins when she started springing so early. Our bull should be calving ease, so the weight of the calf tells me it is likely an Exit 44, and knowing this cow has done this once before (she is the one with the embryo confusion above, she cycled after she was already bred once before so why not again?). Anyway, any guesses? We will DNA the calf probably next month (we have a bunch of embryos to do, so will just include that one). [ATTACH type="full"]21251[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]21252[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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