Twins can be due to a negative energy balance during the time of breeding which can induce double ovulations, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins. One of Hazell's sets of twin calves born on her family ...

Unfortunately, we did lose one heifer calf from a set of twins. The cow wasn’t marked as carrying twins, so when I saw her on the cameras with one calf at 1 am, I assumed she was finished. By the time ...

Oklahoma State University recommends cow-calf producers write down calf numbers of twin births while the animals are still nursing the cow, and to never retain a heifer as a replacement female is she ...

It is believed that the incident happened at a farm in the Ballylongford area shortly before midnight on Friday when Mr Dee was assisting a cow with the delivery of twin calves. Gardaí and ...

Cow gestation is long, and calves are large and well-developed at birth, which makes twins very uncommon. When twins are comprised of a male and a female twin, the female is known as a freemartin.

Do cows try to speak to us? Although we don’t speak “cow”, there may be ways dairy cows can tell us whether they’re doing well with the environment we provide them. Rick Grant and other ...

The dairy operates at capacity near Clarissa, Minnesota, to keep milk flowing and to keep the local economy strong.

Dairy cows typically produce milk for about 305 days followed by a 60-day dry period during which the cow prepares to give birth again, signaling the beginning of the next lactation. Developing ...