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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1478230" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>We always hope to get at least a few sets of twins each year. We pen them up in a fairly small corral for at least a week, just so we can make sure both calves are getting enough to eat and learning to follow mom. Some cows can count to 2, others are quite content to only focus on 1 calf. We like being able to steal a twin if we have a cow lose a calf. If we are lucky enough not to need an extra calf usually we will let the cow raise both unless her or the calves are noticeably struggling.</p><p></p><p>Last year we had 5 sets, all born unassisted and alive. 3 of the sets were kept together on the dams, 1 set we stole a calf and grafted onto another cow, and the other set one of the calves died at about a week old (not really sure why, he always seemed a bit weaker right from the get go). Of the 3 sets left on the dams, the first had a combined weight of 1160 lbs at 195 days of age, the 2nd set combined weighed 1005 lbs at 192 days & the 3rd set wasn't weighed but they were June twins and probably weighed roughly 350 lbs each at the start of November.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1478230, member: 21216"] We always hope to get at least a few sets of twins each year. We pen them up in a fairly small corral for at least a week, just so we can make sure both calves are getting enough to eat and learning to follow mom. Some cows can count to 2, others are quite content to only focus on 1 calf. We like being able to steal a twin if we have a cow lose a calf. If we are lucky enough not to need an extra calf usually we will let the cow raise both unless her or the calves are noticeably struggling. Last year we had 5 sets, all born unassisted and alive. 3 of the sets were kept together on the dams, 1 set we stole a calf and grafted onto another cow, and the other set one of the calves died at about a week old (not really sure why, he always seemed a bit weaker right from the get go). Of the 3 sets left on the dams, the first had a combined weight of 1160 lbs at 195 days of age, the 2nd set combined weighed 1005 lbs at 192 days & the 3rd set wasn't weighed but they were June twins and probably weighed roughly 350 lbs each at the start of November. [/QUOTE]
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