I swear I just insist on making all the mistakes. Did I just find my problem? My teenager was drawing up meds for me while I was putting in CIDR's. I went and looked at the bottles. 10 doses in the vile we should have used 6, so the GnRH bottle should be less than half full. It is...
Interesting, I just assumed that they had a silent heat. Perhaps they did not ovulate at all. The highland semen is not readily available and is more expensive. Also the only success I have ever had is with a good strong standing heat (guess that is what makes me comfortable.) I really...
One looks like she is heating up. She is bellowing, her tail is slimy and she is trying to mount others. No one is mounting her and her sticker has not changed. Ground is snow covered over frozen. I noticed some playing and grooming with a couple others.
They were with a bull very briefly. He is gone now and the butcher thought he was actually quite old. I have seen Heat associate activities in them but never witnessed them in a standing Heat
I am synchronizing six Highland heifers. The CIDR were pulled with a PG shot 72 hours ago not one sign of heat. Estrotect stickers are all on.
Have you ever seen this?
Well just a follow up. We have highlands, so I don't know that any of this translates to other breeds. With all that hair they certainly do not like warm weather. We tried and tried to do heat detection and saw NOTHING! As soon as the weather turned cold, the submissive one is hot to...