Had a great mother cow calve last night, when I arrived this morning, she was fussing over a brand new hiefer calf and letting it nurse. Then I saw another calf that was dead. She was a huge pregnant cow and I had suspected twins. I checked all the other cows and there was nothing else that had calved.
This is the third set of twins in 4 years I have had. The first cow raised them good, but we had to put her in a pen a few days as she would get confused with two calves. Last year, I had a cow lose one, luckily it had gotten Cholostrum in it, but we didn't find it until the next day....This one I can only suspect she lost track of while she went and had the other one.
So, who has had luck with twins. Do you find the cow needs to be locked up with both to accustom her to two calves??? I will say all three cows are great mothers on singles, I would give them 10 on a scale of 1-10 with singles,
PPRM
This is the third set of twins in 4 years I have had. The first cow raised them good, but we had to put her in a pen a few days as she would get confused with two calves. Last year, I had a cow lose one, luckily it had gotten Cholostrum in it, but we didn't find it until the next day....This one I can only suspect she lost track of while she went and had the other one.
So, who has had luck with twins. Do you find the cow needs to be locked up with both to accustom her to two calves??? I will say all three cows are great mothers on singles, I would give them 10 on a scale of 1-10 with singles,
PPRM