Maybe the mother was born to a bred heifer and had a low birth weight father. Then she is bred with another low birth weight bull and has mini-me for a calf.
But I'm not a geneticist and don't even know if that's possible.
We've kept replacement heifers from 2-year olds and never had any super dinks so that theory might be off.
I'm with Hastings, a little live calf(especially with bred heifers) is better than a big dead one. Or even a big live one that is all dopey from a tough birth.
