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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 625438" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>My twinning cows have actually been narrower than when carrying a single. I presume the calves didn't have room to lie across the cow and had to line up next to each other! The indicator of twins in all cases was a drop in condition in the last month or so of pregnancy and the cows were slow and always last in any line to shift to new paddocks. Mine also calved a couple of weeks earlier than they normally would. I've had three sets here with live calves, fortunately all heifers, one pair survived, of the next one survived, and of the third one was born dead and the other had to be euthanased later for a deformity which may have been related to having insufficient room before birth. I used to think twins were exciting. I don't any more unless they're born alive and their mother raises them properly without my help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 625438, member: 5956"] My twinning cows have actually been narrower than when carrying a single. I presume the calves didn't have room to lie across the cow and had to line up next to each other! The indicator of twins in all cases was a drop in condition in the last month or so of pregnancy and the cows were slow and always last in any line to shift to new paddocks. Mine also calved a couple of weeks earlier than they normally would. I've had three sets here with live calves, fortunately all heifers, one pair survived, of the next one survived, and of the third one was born dead and the other had to be euthanased later for a deformity which may have been related to having insufficient room before birth. I used to think twins were exciting. I don't any more unless they're born alive and their mother raises them properly without my help! [/QUOTE]
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