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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 621003" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>No, nature doesn't always do that. More often than no the cow does NOT have enough milk to raise 2 decent calves. Usually you end up with 2 little runty calves. Far as I am concerned its better to have 1 600 lb calf than 2 300 lb calves. Personally I like having twins, providing they are both born alive. But we almost never leave them both on the same cow. We will either sell one, or transplant it onto a cow that lost her calf. With over 100 cows, it isn't unusual for us to need a calf at some point. I will bottle feed if it is early in the season, and in the end, we also have a couple of holstein nurse cows for any extra calves.</p><p></p><p>As for what to do with the extra calf, I would pull it off the cow, if I had any intention of trying to transplant in on to another cow in the future. Makes things a lot easier when the calf you are transplanting isn't looking for its 'real' mom. If you don't intend to do that, then it would depend on how good a job I think the cow would do with both calves. If I don't think she can raise them both up decently then, I would pull the smaller one off (or in this case, probably the heifer) and either sell it to someone else, or put it on the bottle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 621003, member: 2308"] No, nature doesn't always do that. More often than no the cow does NOT have enough milk to raise 2 decent calves. Usually you end up with 2 little runty calves. Far as I am concerned its better to have 1 600 lb calf than 2 300 lb calves. Personally I like having twins, providing they are both born alive. But we almost never leave them both on the same cow. We will either sell one, or transplant it onto a cow that lost her calf. With over 100 cows, it isn't unusual for us to need a calf at some point. I will bottle feed if it is early in the season, and in the end, we also have a couple of holstein nurse cows for any extra calves. As for what to do with the extra calf, I would pull it off the cow, if I had any intention of trying to transplant in on to another cow in the future. Makes things a lot easier when the calf you are transplanting isn't looking for its 'real' mom. If you don't intend to do that, then it would depend on how good a job I think the cow would do with both calves. If I don't think she can raise them both up decently then, I would pull the smaller one off (or in this case, probably the heifer) and either sell it to someone else, or put it on the bottle. [/QUOTE]
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