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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 242673" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>If she breeds and carries the calf to term, she's not a freemartin even if she was a twin to a bull. If she carries a calf to term she will not have a higher percent of problems on subsequent pregnancies. In our case we took a chance because we were feeding her to butcher. At a year she looked like a real nice replacement heifer, all external organs in good shape. Had our vet palpate her, all internal organs felt right, even began cycling at that age. We started to feed her like a replacement. When she didn't catch when exposed to the bull, then she went back on feed and became a butcher animal again. What did we have invested? 4 months to see if she would get bred. Considering her breeding potential, it was worth the cost. Yes, a blood test would have saved us several months, but I'm thinking the cost was quoted at more than $35.</p><p>I have no problem keeping twin heifers as replacements, most of the time we've come out ahead with our twins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 242673, member: 1974"] If she breeds and carries the calf to term, she's not a freemartin even if she was a twin to a bull. If she carries a calf to term she will not have a higher percent of problems on subsequent pregnancies. In our case we took a chance because we were feeding her to butcher. At a year she looked like a real nice replacement heifer, all external organs in good shape. Had our vet palpate her, all internal organs felt right, even began cycling at that age. We started to feed her like a replacement. When she didn't catch when exposed to the bull, then she went back on feed and became a butcher animal again. What did we have invested? 4 months to see if she would get bred. Considering her breeding potential, it was worth the cost. Yes, a blood test would have saved us several months, but I'm thinking the cost was quoted at more than $35. I have no problem keeping twin heifers as replacements, most of the time we've come out ahead with our twins. [/QUOTE]
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