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Keeping a twin heifer for a replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1756845" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Simmental are (or used to be) the highest twinning breed. I have had LOTS of twins. Hate them but have them. Nutrition is the biggest factor on twinning.</p><p>I keep my twin heifers - or sell as breeders. Sell one - other is essentially free!!! I have one cow was a twin - never had a set of twins until she was 15 years of age! Same cow family, 3T was not a twin, but had 5 sets of twins - always just spit them out and raised both.</p><p>Back to the original question. Only a heifer born twin to a bull is "mostly" a non-breeder (like 8% can be breeders). They are called a freemartin. Twin heifers are perfectly fine.</p><p>Twinning can happen when two different sperm fertilize two different eggs - OR - an embryo splits. (fraternal and maternal twins).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1756845, member: 968"] Simmental are (or used to be) the highest twinning breed. I have had LOTS of twins. Hate them but have them. Nutrition is the biggest factor on twinning. I keep my twin heifers - or sell as breeders. Sell one - other is essentially free!!! I have one cow was a twin - never had a set of twins until she was 15 years of age! Same cow family, 3T was not a twin, but had 5 sets of twins - always just spit them out and raised both. Back to the original question. Only a heifer born twin to a bull is "mostly" a non-breeder (like 8% can be breeders). They are called a freemartin. Twin heifers are perfectly fine. Twinning can happen when two different sperm fertilize two different eggs - OR - an embryo splits. (fraternal and maternal twins). [/QUOTE]
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