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Twin heifer a Free Martin?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gators Rule" data-source="post: 1428625" data-attributes="member: 15587"><p>I've read there is anywhere from a 7-10% chance a heifer twinned with a bull calf will be a free Martin. Soooo...does that % go up or down if the twins are not identical? </p><p></p><p>Last Monday, I had my first set of twins (male/female) born. It might not be so negative if not for the fact that the mom went down on Wednesday, and died sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Now my wife and I are bottle feeding the two calves, and my wife is naming them, and her maternal instincts are flying high! She is keeping them and their pen in the barn spotlessly clean and gives them rundowns. All great right!?!? Well, then I start discussing the free Martin aspect and what happens and she is having no part of that!</p><p></p><p>As far as color goes, bull is pitch black and the heifer is brown (might shed out to black). Does color have any bearing on them being identical twins, and does being identical have any bearing on her being a free martin? Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gators Rule, post: 1428625, member: 15587"] I've read there is anywhere from a 7-10% chance a heifer twinned with a bull calf will be a free Martin. Soooo...does that % go up or down if the twins are not identical? Last Monday, I had my first set of twins (male/female) born. It might not be so negative if not for the fact that the mom went down on Wednesday, and died sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Now my wife and I are bottle feeding the two calves, and my wife is naming them, and her maternal instincts are flying high! She is keeping them and their pen in the barn spotlessly clean and gives them rundowns. All great right!?!? Well, then I start discussing the free Martin aspect and what happens and she is having no part of that! As far as color goes, bull is pitch black and the heifer is brown (might shed out to black). Does color have any bearing on them being identical twins, and does being identical have any bearing on her being a free martin? Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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