Twins

Twins occur in about 1-2% of cattle births. Unfortunately we used to see that the mother has a hard time taking care of both calves so one of the two will often become malnourished and need to be bottle-fed. We have had success though with taking the mother and her calves and putting them in a separate, smaller pasture and giving her a supplemental feed ration that gives her enough energy to support both calves. This method isn't necessarily scientifically proven that we know of but it has worked well for us so that's what we do every time we have a mother with twins! This momma had her twins about 2 weeks ago and they are all three healthy!