I can't believe

[Angus Cowman]

I can't believe No one has posted about the cow that had quadruplets.
It happened in Texas seen it on facebook yesterday
Maybe someone will find it and post a link
All 4 calves were living maybe it was Cwgrl8's cows if not I bet she will say she had a cow that had sextuplets 5 yrs in a row

 

[M-5]

http://m.wtoc.com/wtoc/pm_/contentdetai ... d:KcZlFIFO
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[TennesseeTuxedo]

Amazing!

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Some people North of us had a cow that never had just a single calf. Always had from twins up to 4 calves at a time. And did this for several years.

 

[slick4591]

That pic has been in my Facebook feed all day. Never thought about posting it here.

 

[TexasBred]

All unassisted and all alive.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Some people North of us had a cow that never had just a single calf. Always had from twins up to 4 calves at a time. And did this for several years.

My uncle's mother ran a herd of cows they did a news story on her
About all the multiple births her cows had I think one yr she had like 7 sets of triplets and several twins
This happened for several yrs in her closed herd I can't remember the exact number but it was up there
She lived near Hulbert Ok

 

[Muddy]

All unassisted and all alive.

Out of a heifer!

 

[slick4591]

What I want to know is how do you make it happen? I wouldn't mind tackling a set or two of those.

 

[ANAZAZI]

What I want to know is how do you make it happen? I wouldn't mind tackling a set or two of those.

More common that you loose three or two. I suspect. How to get many calves at the same time? Give hormones...

 

[Lucky_P]

If you're wanting multiple births (I don't!), the US Meat Animal Research Center, at Clay Center, Nebraska, has been working, since about 1976 to develope a composite line of 'twinning cattle' - seems like some figures I've seen indicate that 50+% of their twin herd produces twins, year-in/year-out.

25+ years ago, ABS carried a couple of the MARC 'twinning' bulls; don't know that there is any semen out there with the usual AI outfits, but MARC has a sale of these cattle almost every year, and I think you can purchase semen from some of their twinning bulls.

 

[slick4591]

Thanks for the info. I'm specifically wanting twins from my full blood stock. Maybe I'll look into the hormones .

 

[Nesikep]

Slick? why would you want more freemartins?

 

[ChrisB]

Mathmatically you shouldn't increase your number of freemartins would you? For every set of bull/heifer twins you should get a heifer/heifer set shouldn't you?

Twins are a pain during calving season and I would rather not have any. But when it's selling time I'm wishing there were more twins.

 

[slick4591]

Slick? why would you want more freemartins?

Don't want the freemartins, especially. I'm after a pair of bulls or heifers, tho. Besides, if I did get a FM they'll bring in about the same as a decent commercial at the sale barn, or if I market it right I can sell on the halves for quiet a bit more than commercial. Lots of reasons to go that way with full bloods. As far as being a pain... I've have lots of spare time to bottle feed if need be.

 

[ANAZAZI]

Slick? why would you want more freemartins?

Don't want the freemartins, especially. I'm after a pair of bulls or heifers, tho. Besides, if I did get a FM they'll bring in about the same as a decent commercial at the sale barn, or if I market it right I can sell on the halves for quiet a bit more than commercial. Lots of reasons to go that way with full bloods. As far as being a pain... I've have lots of spare time to bottle feed if need be.

There are worse freemartins in the world than fullblood piedmontese freemartins. They will beef up good.

 

[slick4591]

There are worse freemartins in the world than fullblood piedmontese freemartins. They will beef up good.

Not to mention the price of seedstock.

 

[cow pollinater]

If you're wanting multiple births (I don't!), the US Meat Animal Research Center, at Clay Center, Nebraska, has been working, since about 1976 to develope a composite line of 'twinning cattle' - seems like some figures I've seen indicate that 50+% of their twin herd produces twins, year-in/year-out.

25+ years ago, ABS carried a couple of the MARC 'twinning' bulls; don't know that there is any semen out there with the usual AI outfits, but MARC has a sale of these cattle almost every year, and I think you can purchase semen from some of their twinning bulls.

ABS still had some as of about two years ago but I think they tossed it. They sent out an inventory list of all the old product laying around and it had a couple of twinners on there. My genetic collector half was screaming "BUY IT, BUY IT ALL!" but my cow sense half was saying "Dump that crap!"

 

[Muddy]

There are worse freemartins in the world than fullblood piedmontese freemartins. They will beef up good.

Not to mention the price of seedstock.

I wouldn't force a cow to have twins. A pair of dead calves are worthless and a vet bill will make you crying.

 

[glacierridge]

It's all fun and games if everything goes 100% prefect.

Anything else is a struggle or disaster.