jumper7210 t1_j6kn8fb wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Reply to comment by Ok-Table-3774 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe

Really stupid that they get euthanized as the freemartins we had made pretty good cuts of beef when raised right

AdhesiveMuffin t1_j6l7trr wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:47 AM

The commenter is likely just misusing the word. They definitely aren't "euthanized" but raised for slaughter

gwaydms t1_j6ktz2j wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:04 AM

I saw one on Dr. Pol where a bull tried to mate with a freemartin (the owner didn't know that's what she was). Vet closed the wound and she was raised as a steer. Away from the bull!