CTS - register twins?

[Chasingmytail]

I assume you cant enter twins on CTS ? Dont want to enter one calf to find I cant enter another to same dam. Or do I have the joy of phoning?

 

[Fendt516profi]

You can just flashes up a warning that you've already registered a calf to the cow accept that and carry on. Got one to do myself

 

[Jackov Altraids]

You can, no problem.

It gives you a warning to check [which is good], but will accept twins fine.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Just make sure you put the same date of birth down for them.

 

[JP1]

Just make sure you put the same date of birth down for them.

No calving aids at midnight then

 

[Fendt516profi]

No calving aids at midnight then

It's possible isn't it but I've never been looking for the trouble to put different dates down

 

[nelly55]

Just done one set it just asks if correct no problem.

 

[JP1]

It's possible isn't it but I've never been looking for the trouble to put different dates down

If one of them's a bull calf just name it Jaegerbomb (allegedly)

 

[Sid]

I assume you cant enter twins on CTS ? Dont want to enter one calf to find I cant enter another to same dam. Or do I have the joy of phoning?

I've had a set of twins after using a genus easy calver AI straw of two different breeds.

Hereford and a BB iirc

 

[Fendt516profi]

I've had a set of twins after using a genus easy calver AI straw of two different breeds.

Hereford and a BB iirc

Did they accept that or did you need to make a phone call

 

[Sid]

Did they accept that or did you need to make a phone call

I think I had a phone call to double check.
It was a few years ago now.

 

[pat kcotnit]

I've had a set of twins after using a genus easy calver AI straw of two different breeds.

Hereford and a BB iirc

We had similar. One calf was pure white BB with horns, the other an AA with no horns. The straw used also had limousin in it so a pity it was not triplets

 

[Agrivator]

I think I had a phone call to double check.
It was a few years ago now.

But you don't need to identify the sire. And I would guess that even among honest trustworthy farmers, the sire on a passport will in many cases only be an educated guess.

 

[jendan]

I've had a set of twins after using a genus easy calver AI straw of two different breeds.

Hereford and a BB iirc

Ive just started registering births using the online job,and did a set of twin heifers today.For the second one it said,"accept a warning" What the hell is all that about?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Ive just started registering births using the online job,and did a set of twin heifers today.For the second one it said,"accept a warning" What the hell is all that about?

It's warning you that you are attributing 2 calves to 1 cow.
It's to help stop you making a simple mistake.
Ploughing on regardless of the warning gives one a marvellous sensation of rebelliousness.

 

[steveR]

But you don't need to identify the sire. And I would guess that even among honest trustworthy farmers, the sire on a passport will in many cases only be an educated guess.

or the (potentially) most profitable guess...

 

[Fendt516profi]

But you don't need to identify the sire. And I would guess that even among honest trustworthy farmers, the sire on a passport will in many cases only be an educated guess.

Yes it's quite educated, the breed of bull you put with the cows been the one you put on the passport

 

[JP1]

Yes it's quite educated, the breed of bull you put with the cows been the one you put on the passport

You don't have to put the sire on the birth notification though. Some have teams of bulls working cows

 

[steveR]

Yes it's quite educated, the breed of bull you put with the cows been the one you put on the passport

Bought some "named sire" Hex heifers a couple of years ago, and the farm was using a mixed semen. The names on the passport was nothing but speculation as far as I could see

 

[AftonShepherd]

Yes it's quite educated, the breed of bull you put with the cows been the one you put on the passport

I know it's conventional and wouldn't do it any other way, but does anyone put the dams breed as the cross rather than the sires? Was thinking about it last night as our software program (@Farm Matters Ltd) pre-fills the breed for a new calf with the dam's breed, and I'm tempted to make a suggestion that it asks for sire first then uses his breed (with an added X if appropriate) to pre-fill the breed field but don't want to mess it up for others.