twins

Joy in Texas · Apr 5, 2007

You know I was thinking how exciting it was for some of you to have twins. I had a set borned last monday during heavy rain. I decided on my own it's not that exciting. It's a pain.... The cow would not accept the heifer,so hubby brought her home and I kept her in the bathtub for a night. I had to tube her colostrum . But she would not suck a bottle. We put her in a pen with one cow that had a calf the week before. She didn't want no part of her. So my 15 yr.cow also had a calf the week before. I decided to give it a try and She took it. Which that made my life so much easier. Both are doing fine.
The cow that had twins.

the heifer she wouldn't take

The 15 yr.old

donnaIL · Apr 5, 2007

They are cute--and you are lucky to have that good 15yr cow

Donna

sjr725 · Apr 5, 2007

boy, those old mom's pay off! I have a couple of 12 +- yr old cows that are like that - they'll take anything! It comes in handy almost every year - twins, or a heifer won't take her own calf or some such thing. Good for you! Pretty babies!

Beefy · Apr 5, 2007

ive only had a handful of twins ever. only had one beefmaster cow to have twins and she actually had one simmental calf and one angus calf, lol.
had a real good brangus lose a set of heifers just a few weeks early a few years back. twins are thankfully not a very common occurence for me. knock on wood.

bigbull338 · Apr 5, 2007

come on you gotta love twins.even if they are a pain.weve prolly had 10 sets of twins maybe more in 35yrs.had 8 sets of twins from dairy cows.had a holstein to have twin bulls 2yrs in a row.had 3 or 4 beef cows to have twins.