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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 48354" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Just thought I would throw this in regarding those nine clones born last July. Inside the cover of The Texas Longhorn Trails September issue is a whole page taken out by the Mossers who own Feisty Fannie and her nine clones. There is a data sheet with the birth dates of each clone ranging from 7/9/03 to 7/26/03. There was a set of twins born on 7/15/03. All the others were single births. It is broken down by birth weight for each calf, one year weight, horn length on 12/1/03 for each calf, then horn length at 6 months, 9 months and one year. </p><p> The birth weight for the first and last calves born was the highest at 92.4 lbs for calf # 1 and 83.6 lbs for the last calf. I thought that this was interesting as the average birth weight for a Longhorn calf is around 60 lbs. I wonder if this heavy weight was due to the recipient cow who carried the calf? I think they use pretty much any breed of cow to carry the embryo. I believe the rep for Cyagra (yep, I finally remembered the name of the company who cloned them) told me that they use alot of Holstein cows etc.</p><p> The horn length for the calves at one year old varied from 29.125" to 35.25" with the longest horned heifer being the first one born. I just thought that this was interesting even though I personally don't ever plan to do any cloning even if and when I hit the Lotto. I do agree with the Bull Lady that the money people are the ones who throw their cash around to buy the biggest horned genetics instead of raising their own. I hope to breed my own and enjoy the process along the way. Anyway, probably enough said on the clones but I just thought that you guys who have been following these posts might find this interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 48354, member: 440"] Just thought I would throw this in regarding those nine clones born last July. Inside the cover of The Texas Longhorn Trails September issue is a whole page taken out by the Mossers who own Feisty Fannie and her nine clones. There is a data sheet with the birth dates of each clone ranging from 7/9/03 to 7/26/03. There was a set of twins born on 7/15/03. All the others were single births. It is broken down by birth weight for each calf, one year weight, horn length on 12/1/03 for each calf, then horn length at 6 months, 9 months and one year. The birth weight for the first and last calves born was the highest at 92.4 lbs for calf # 1 and 83.6 lbs for the last calf. I thought that this was interesting as the average birth weight for a Longhorn calf is around 60 lbs. I wonder if this heavy weight was due to the recipient cow who carried the calf? I think they use pretty much any breed of cow to carry the embryo. I believe the rep for Cyagra (yep, I finally remembered the name of the company who cloned them) told me that they use alot of Holstein cows etc. The horn length for the calves at one year old varied from 29.125" to 35.25" with the longest horned heifer being the first one born. I just thought that this was interesting even though I personally don't ever plan to do any cloning even if and when I hit the Lotto. I do agree with the Bull Lady that the money people are the ones who throw their cash around to buy the biggest horned genetics instead of raising their own. I hope to breed my own and enjoy the process along the way. Anyway, probably enough said on the clones but I just thought that you guys who have been following these posts might find this interesting. [/QUOTE]
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