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Twin calves

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  • #32
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,220 ✭✭✭Who2


    tanko wrote: »
    Today, 2 week old KYA bull.
    Never thought i'd see this happen. Who said freemartens are only good for burgers:pac:

    She done alright for you, twin to a bull and well fit by the second pic to calve down at just over 2 years. Fair play.


  • #33
    High bike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭High bike


    tanko wrote: »
    Yeah, that's her just after she was born..
    No DNA test or anything like that, saw her bulling last summer and thought nothing of it and just ignored her. Three weeks later she was bulling again so Ai'ed her that evening and she went in-calf. She seemed perfectly normal inside. Her mother has had five sets of twins out of six calvings.
    nice heifer for 25 Mts,your lucky she was one of the 10% that breed


  • #34
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭amacca


    "Freemartins behave and grow in a similar way to castrated male cattle (steers)."

    Don't want to derail this thread but I found the above interesting. Could anyone tell me where I might find some reputable scientific info on exactly how the way steers grow differs from a bull. Id be interested in getting some specifics on this

    Im aware of the behaviour differences :D

    Just specifically how it affects their thrive, if it affects what they might grade out at, what the ideal time to castrate them is if you definitely don't want them to grow into bulls but you would like them to put on muscle and develop well as steers.....what the timeline for them get to their full potential is assuming good quality feed etc


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