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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1637872" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I'm not fond of twins. If you calve in a confined area and are willing to spend the extra time needed to make sure both twins are successful, I think twins could be an advantage, but for most they may be more trouble then they are worth. I decided to look up my own records on twinning. I found information on my last 15 sets of twins. There may have been others during that time period, but we calve in an area where it is possible for a twin to disappear without our ever knowing it existed.</p><p></p><p>2 sets - Both calves died. They were difficult assisted births and we would have likely lost the cow had we not found them in time.</p><p>3 sets - One calf was still-born</p><p>5 sets - The cow rejected one calf. We bottle fed one of them and the other 4 were successfully grafted onto a cow that had lost her own calf.</p><p>2 sets - The cow might have been willing to raise both, but one was removed shortly after birth and put on a cow that had lost a calf.</p><p>3 sets - The cow raised both calves. We penned all of these up for a week or more, so that both calves were strong enough to keep up. One of these cows had already lost track of one of her calves by the morning after the day she calved. Perhaps she would have found it again, but she had moved the other about a 1/2 mile away when we found her. We penned them and she did accept the lost calf right away. Another one of them fed both calves for about 3 months, then decided she only wanted one and the other was not allowed to nurse unless it was sneaky. It ended up weaning 200 pounds lighter then the calf she liked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1637872, member: 9933"] I'm not fond of twins. If you calve in a confined area and are willing to spend the extra time needed to make sure both twins are successful, I think twins could be an advantage, but for most they may be more trouble then they are worth. I decided to look up my own records on twinning. I found information on my last 15 sets of twins. There may have been others during that time period, but we calve in an area where it is possible for a twin to disappear without our ever knowing it existed. 2 sets - Both calves died. They were difficult assisted births and we would have likely lost the cow had we not found them in time. 3 sets - One calf was still-born 5 sets - The cow rejected one calf. We bottle fed one of them and the other 4 were successfully grafted onto a cow that had lost her own calf. 2 sets - The cow might have been willing to raise both, but one was removed shortly after birth and put on a cow that had lost a calf. 3 sets - The cow raised both calves. We penned all of these up for a week or more, so that both calves were strong enough to keep up. One of these cows had already lost track of one of her calves by the morning after the day she calved. Perhaps she would have found it again, but she had moved the other about a 1/2 mile away when we found her. We penned them and she did accept the lost calf right away. Another one of them fed both calves for about 3 months, then decided she only wanted one and the other was not allowed to nurse unless it was sneaky. It ended up weaning 200 pounds lighter then the calf she liked. [/QUOTE]
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