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catpaw

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Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« on: September 17, 2008, 02:02:20 pm »
Any real farmer please correct me if I'm wrong, but I had once the pleasure to be able to be present at a calve birth... A cow will always only give birth to one and only one calve only. Considering it is mostly large enough it can stand directly a few minutes after birth, I can hardly imagine more than 1 fitting into the mother.

EDIT: Maybe cows have twins like humans do... but hardly 3 calves is by far not as normal than with say cats or dogs.. At least I can't imagine a wildlife cow to be able to survive a birth of 3 calves...
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Draco18s

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2008, 02:59:13 pm »
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Tormy

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 03:24:31 pm »
Quote from: Draco18s on September 17, 2008, 02:59:13 pm
Google Research?

Even better:

A cow in Pingluo County in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region gave birth to four calves ->

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-11/24/content_6276969.htm

Looks like that nothing is impossible in China!  ;D
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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2008, 04:15:01 pm »
Quote from: Tormy on September 17, 2008, 03:24:31 pm
Looks like that nothing is impossible in China!  ;D

Except human rights and a fair economy. OHHHH
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catpaw

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2008, 04:23:20 pm »
Quote from: Draco18s on September 17, 2008, 02:59:13 pm
Google Research?

There is a difference in between extreme seldomly happening once every few decades somewhere in the world, or the game handling cows births just like cats... therefore the post. Thanks for googling nevertheless.
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roguester

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2008, 06:38:28 pm »
As someone who grew up on a farm and assisted in the calving each spring I can say indeed that cows have one and only one calf the majority of the time. In fact, out of 50-ish cows, I can only recall one multiple birth on our farm up until we moved off the farm when I was 13.
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Rotinaj

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2008, 07:11:36 pm »
Also this might be a good time to mention that it's impossible to breed a horse and a donkey, even though mules are implemented.
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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2008, 03:24:01 pm »
Re. cows and horses having multiple babies, just add [MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE] to their entries in the raws. That will lead to more realistic behavior from them.
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Tormy

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2008, 04:51:09 pm »
Quote from: Noble Digger on September 17, 2008, 04:15:01 pm
Quote from: Tormy on September 17, 2008, 03:24:31 pm
Looks like that nothing is impossible in China!  ;D

Except human rights and a fair economy. OHHHH

True... :-X
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IndonesiaWarMinister

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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2008, 05:44:08 am »
True..., but it's okay nontheless (shit, SP?)
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Re: Cow (Tame) has given birth to cow calves.
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2008, 08:41:14 pm »
Quote from: Noble Digger on September 17, 2008, 04:15:01 pm
Quote from: Tormy on September 17, 2008, 03:24:31 pm
Looks like that nothing is impossible in China!  ;D

Except human rights and a fair economy. OHHHH

Oh no he di'n't!
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