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Lightning Strikes TWICE - Twin calves x 2
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<blockquote data-quote="SIMMGAL" data-source="post: 1396424" data-attributes="member: 26548"><p>Same here! For some reason, mine have been different colors as of late. Only had one set where the calves were the same color in the last 5 years. </p><p></p><p>My twins over the last 5 years, out of my own personal herd of 70 cattle (not counting the other cattle on the farm):</p><p>-Twin heifers, one solid black, one with white socks and a blaze.</p><p>-Twin heifers, one red and one black. </p><p>-Twin heifers, one red whiteface and one black whiteface.</p><p>-One mixed sex set, one solid black, one with a whiteface. </p><p></p><p>-The most recent-and most odd- set were twin heifers, one black, one gray. Kinda wondering whether or not they were from two different sires. I know it's rare, but the coloration didn't quite match up! Had a young char x bull in with her who was still nursing at the time (around 7 months old) and had AIed her to a homozygous black Sim bull. I guess the char bull got the job done! Turns out he bred about 5 others. :lol: Cattle always seem to find a way.</p><p></p><p>-The other oddest twin scenario I can recall was a mixed set. One was solid black, the other spotted up. One was about 65lbs, the other was only about 35. Neither of them lived and the cow was shipped. Vet said she had some odd old internal uterine damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SIMMGAL, post: 1396424, member: 26548"] Same here! For some reason, mine have been different colors as of late. Only had one set where the calves were the same color in the last 5 years. My twins over the last 5 years, out of my own personal herd of 70 cattle (not counting the other cattle on the farm): -Twin heifers, one solid black, one with white socks and a blaze. -Twin heifers, one red and one black. -Twin heifers, one red whiteface and one black whiteface. -One mixed sex set, one solid black, one with a whiteface. -The most recent-and most odd- set were twin heifers, one black, one gray. Kinda wondering whether or not they were from two different sires. I know it's rare, but the coloration didn't quite match up! Had a young char x bull in with her who was still nursing at the time (around 7 months old) and had AIed her to a homozygous black Sim bull. I guess the char bull got the job done! Turns out he bred about 5 others. :lol: Cattle always seem to find a way. -The other oddest twin scenario I can recall was a mixed set. One was solid black, the other spotted up. One was about 65lbs, the other was only about 35. Neither of them lived and the cow was shipped. Vet said she had some odd old internal uterine damage. [/QUOTE]
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