The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Moooo Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message fairislefaerie Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542 Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:04 pm    Post subject: Moooo Meet martha And Hamish & Megan I know have even more reason to spend all day outside with the animals ! Angela Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 14977 Location: Hampshire Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:35 am    Post subject: They're lovely. What breed are they? Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6972 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:10 am    Post subject: they are cool ,sounds like a plan Back to top Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:57 pm    Post subject: Here we go, here we go, here we go Are they Martha's twin calves? Do you have a plan for the future Back to top Spineytoad Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 49 Location: yorkshire Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:49 pm    Post subject: Lovely Back to top fairislefaerie Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:12 pm    Post subject: Pedigree aberdeen angus & slow matured organic beef. Angela Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1327 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:56 pm    Post subject: Jan wrote: Are they Martha's twin calves? Are they? Itsybitsy Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4932 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:33 pm    Post subject: Yes - I was at Angela's when she got the call to say the calf had arrived - all 2 of it! Great to see they arrived safely! Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1327 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:22 pm    Post subject: You do realise the fertility implications of heifers born twin to a bull don't you? Itsybitsy Back to top fairislefaerie Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:03 pm    Post subject: Megan has been destined to be beef since the second she landed on the straw following her brother itsy, we'll just make sure that its dern good beef that goes with the tatties & 2 veg. hamish, we will give him a go, the reduced fertility may not be a problem given that we intend to let him run with his girls from early summer onwards, if it takes a few covers for him to fire a live one, so be it, if it doesnt work... Beef again. But.... We are A.I with mum this year & if we manage to throw a bull calf from this.... It stays... Hamish fills the freezer. Mum was only meant to have one calf, getting 2 was a bonus ! and fully worth it for the fun i have watching them caper arround lol. Angela Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1327 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:11 am    Post subject: Phew - thank goodness for that. Hamish will be fine, there is a chance that as a twin he will not grow to his expected full size, but even so he has the breeding there to be able to pass on the right genes, he shouldn't have reduced fertility because of it. It was Megan I was concerned about. Itsybitsy Back to top Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:54 am    Post subject: We had twin calves from one of our South Devons this year-bull and heifer- but as the cow had lost a bull calf last year I felt it was just nature replacing what had been lost and was pretty chuffed. A neighbour has, so he says, had several sets of twins from his pedigree AA where the heifers have gone on to breed, and we have had single born, top notch heifers that we've had hell of a job to get in calf. We now have a system worked out that seems to work for the difficult ones After the terrible calving season we had this year I feel a live calf even if infertile is better than a dead one Probably why we dont make any money at it Back to top fairislefaerie Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 542 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:23 pm    Post subject: opposite twin heifers have a very very rare chance of being *normal* but it has been known. Hamish isnt going to be a big bull anyways due to his breedings, he isnt off the huge english strains of AA, he's traditional AA. Angela Back to top Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:43 pm    Post subject: I think nice little calves that grow like the clappers are the best. Back to top mcleod-girls Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 1345 Location: Banff, Aberdeenshire Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:07 pm    Post subject: Gorgeous animals - enjoy! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next Page 1 of 3 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group