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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 506823" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>When we have twins, it depends on the cow what we do. If she has accepted them both, and seems to have enough milk we will leave them both on her, and pull one off if/when we need to. Either when they look like they are suffering for milk, or if we have another cow that loses a calf. </p><p></p><p>If she doesn't accept them both, or looks short on the milk department we pull one off, either the smaller or the heifer if it is a bull/heifer combo. Then depending on how early in calving season it is we may bottle feed or possibly sell.</p><p></p><p>We get about 3 sets a year. And so far we haven't had a cow that didn't take both calves. But, we have never left both calves on the cow past the end of calving season. Most of our cows would be hard pressed to raise 2 decent calves. Lots of milk for one, but not quite enough for 2. And usually, we end up needing any extras by the time we are done calving. Last year I fed one calf all summer though because we had one too many, and sold another one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 506823, member: 2308"] When we have twins, it depends on the cow what we do. If she has accepted them both, and seems to have enough milk we will leave them both on her, and pull one off if/when we need to. Either when they look like they are suffering for milk, or if we have another cow that loses a calf. If she doesn't accept them both, or looks short on the milk department we pull one off, either the smaller or the heifer if it is a bull/heifer combo. Then depending on how early in calving season it is we may bottle feed or possibly sell. We get about 3 sets a year. And so far we haven't had a cow that didn't take both calves. But, we have never left both calves on the cow past the end of calving season. Most of our cows would be hard pressed to raise 2 decent calves. Lots of milk for one, but not quite enough for 2. And usually, we end up needing any extras by the time we are done calving. Last year I fed one calf all summer though because we had one too many, and sold another one. [/QUOTE]
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