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Twin bulls...

  • 18-04-2019 1:32pm
    #1
    hopeso
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    Whenever you look at a catalogue of pedigree bulls at a sale, it will always tell you if the bull was born a twin, and even if he was twin to a male or a female...My question is, how relevant is this? Is there any advantage or disadvantage to him being a twin?


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  • #2
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    I don't know, I had a twin stag (a one stone bandit) one year he bulled 4 cow for me. I kept his 2 daughters, they are 4th calvers now. 1 of them has had 3 sets of twins and the other one has had two sets, I am guessing the twin breading is going back to him. While twins are good when all goes well, they are extra work when they are born and personally I would prefer 1 good calf a year with less hassle, so I would be staying away from a twin bull.


  • #3
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    A bull twinned to a heifer may be less fertile.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #4
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭tanko


    Twins are a pain in the rear end, great when they work out but can be a lot of extra work with them at calving, getting weak ones sucking etc.
    It definitely runs in the genes with some lines of breeding and often skips a generation i find.
    I wouldn't buy a twin bull anyway.


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