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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1771488" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Glad she got through the "losing one" stage and raised them both for you. </p><p>Personally I don't mind twins at all. Pen them in a small lot like you did for a couple weeks until they are "bonded' and doing well... then like stated by a previous poster, when one goes to nurse both usually will. </p><p> That is how I do my nurse cows... I keep the calves in the lot and let the cow out. She comes right in for some grain and "her calf"... lets them all nurse while eating. Do this for several weeks. The calves learn to go on her whenever her own calf does... and they stick together quite a bit out in the big pasture too. By then they are big enough to "know " what to do. Takes a little time, but I raise an average of 3 on my dairy nurse cows... and sometimes I will start a 2nd set of 2 on them and wean off the bigger ones if they are making alot of milk and especially if they do not get bred back as soon.... Even if they only raise the 3, the total weight is way more than a single and pays for the feed I feed. The same with the beef cows; if the pasture is good, they will wean off more pounds even if the calves are both smaller. Here, sometimes that is an advantage as the lighter weaning weight calves often bring more per pound so actually make quite a bit more money total than a single heavier calf would make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1771488, member: 25884"] Glad she got through the "losing one" stage and raised them both for you. Personally I don't mind twins at all. Pen them in a small lot like you did for a couple weeks until they are "bonded' and doing well... then like stated by a previous poster, when one goes to nurse both usually will. That is how I do my nurse cows... I keep the calves in the lot and let the cow out. She comes right in for some grain and "her calf"... lets them all nurse while eating. Do this for several weeks. The calves learn to go on her whenever her own calf does... and they stick together quite a bit out in the big pasture too. By then they are big enough to "know " what to do. Takes a little time, but I raise an average of 3 on my dairy nurse cows... and sometimes I will start a 2nd set of 2 on them and wean off the bigger ones if they are making alot of milk and especially if they do not get bred back as soon.... Even if they only raise the 3, the total weight is way more than a single and pays for the feed I feed. The same with the beef cows; if the pasture is good, they will wean off more pounds even if the calves are both smaller. Here, sometimes that is an advantage as the lighter weaning weight calves often bring more per pound so actually make quite a bit more money total than a single heavier calf would make. [/QUOTE]
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