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Post by MJB on Aug 18, 2023 11:08:52 GMT
The chances of triplets in cows is 1/100,000. For the calves to be strong and healthy is even rarer and rarer still the mother accepting all three calves. This is the third set of triplets I've ever seen, most people never see one set.  367459259_10159239454101669_5762689790001076886_n by Martin Bone, on Flickr |
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 18, 2023 11:50:39 GMT
Wow! They're not that common in goats, which are much more prone to multiple births (I think I recall one of mum's having quads), but those are the first I've heard of in cattle.
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Post by El Sid on Aug 18, 2023 11:52:32 GMT
The chances of triplets in cows is 1/100,000. For the calves to be strong and healthy is even rarer and rarer still the mother accepting all three calves. This is the third set of triplets I've ever seen, most people never see one set. Perhaps you're some kind of bovine fertility god...  |
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Post by zou on Aug 18, 2023 12:43:49 GMT
The chances of triplets in cows is 1/100,000. For the calves to be strong and healthy is even rarer and rarer still the mother accepting all three calves. This is the third set of triplets I've ever seen, most people never see one set. Perhaps you're some kind of bovine fertility god... Are you suggesting he has an active role in the process?  |
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 18, 2023 12:46:25 GMT
Perhaps you're some kind of bovine fertility god... Are you suggesting he has an active role in the process? My limited knowledge of cattle breeding suggests that he may have had... erm... a hand in it, as it were. |
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Post by zou on Aug 18, 2023 12:49:01 GMT
Are you suggesting he has an active role in the process? My limited knowledge of cattle breeding suggests that he may have had... erm... a hand in it, as it were. Indeed. One of those 'roll your sleeves up and think of England' type scenarios. |
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Post by peterba on Aug 18, 2023 16:08:32 GMT
My limited knowledge of cattle breeding suggests that he may have had... erm... a hand in it, as it were.
In the adjacent <ahem> 'department', in actual fact. Near enough for the joke, nonetheless. |
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Post by MJB on Aug 18, 2023 17:59:13 GMT
I'm looking forward to the handshakes at the Oxford meet.
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Post by gray1720 on Aug 18, 2023 19:28:43 GMT
I'm looking forward to the handshakes at the Oxford meet. I'll bring my extra- long Marigolds too. |
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Post by zou on Aug 18, 2023 20:24:38 GMT
I'm looking forward to the handshakes at the Oxford meet. I'll bring my extra- long Marigolds too. Kindly wash them first. |
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Post by willien on Aug 18, 2023 20:25:59 GMT
I'll bring my extra- long Marigolds too. Kindly wash them first. And dispose of responsibly after... |
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Post by Chester PB on Aug 18, 2023 23:10:06 GMT
Are these calves smaller than the usual single calf? I ask because when I was 14 and visiting an elderly relative who ran a small dairy farm, I was asked to help him and the vet carefully pull a calf from the rear end of its mother. Very messy, slippery, and larger than expected, but it enabled an unusual reply to the usual 'what did you do in the school holidays' question from an enthusiastic teacher.
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Post by MJB on Aug 19, 2023 8:14:28 GMT
The calves are much smaller than a single calf.
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Post by spinno on Aug 19, 2023 9:09:54 GMT
Boys or girls?
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Post by MJB on Aug 19, 2023 9:14:15 GMT
Two heifers, one bull although it's irrelevant as they're beef crossbreed (Aberdeen Angus). The females will most likely be infertile anyway as mixed multiple births the females are usually 'freemartins'.
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