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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1659282" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>I have several cows descended from a Jackson Farms Red Poll heifer one of my girls showed years ago. They are all prone to twinning, as was the original heifer. They never seem to come at the same time like sheep. They vary from 12 hours up to 4 days apart. It usually goes well but once the twin died inside the cow and it came out in pieces over a week later. Quite smelly but the cow raised her other calf, even though she got pretty thin and rough looking.</p><p>Yesterday morning I found one of these cows with a new gray calf but the cow did not want to come eat. Late yesterday afternoon I returned to find her with with a new black calf. Both are big full size heifers.</p><p>This cow had twins at her first calving as a 2 yr old. Again, a black and a gray calf. I sold the gray calf for I thought it was asking a lot for a heifer to raise twins. This year she again had a black and a gray (Charolais influence). She is claiming them both but clearly favors the black calf that came second.</p><p>I've noticed before some cows favoe a calf the color of one they have raised before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1659282, member: 32879"] I have several cows descended from a Jackson Farms Red Poll heifer one of my girls showed years ago. They are all prone to twinning, as was the original heifer. They never seem to come at the same time like sheep. They vary from 12 hours up to 4 days apart. It usually goes well but once the twin died inside the cow and it came out in pieces over a week later. Quite smelly but the cow raised her other calf, even though she got pretty thin and rough looking. Yesterday morning I found one of these cows with a new gray calf but the cow did not want to come eat. Late yesterday afternoon I returned to find her with with a new black calf. Both are big full size heifers. This cow had twins at her first calving as a 2 yr old. Again, a black and a gray calf. I sold the gray calf for I thought it was asking a lot for a heifer to raise twins. This year she again had a black and a gray (Charolais influence). She is claiming them both but clearly favors the black calf that came second. I've noticed before some cows favoe a calf the color of one they have raised before. [/QUOTE]
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