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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 1497230" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>Franke</p><p></p><p>I agree if a cow doesn't take an egg once we will give her a second chance if she doesn't take a second time we quit using her. The cost of ET work is to high to throw away eggs on cows that are not working. Not to mention the cost and time involved in setting them up. We have two cows at the embryologist facility now, he flushed both once so far. One cow did really good producing 8 eggs this was the best result we have ever had on this cow. The first flush was to a bull we owned that is now deceased Coleman EXT 6149. We have 7 calves out of the same mating on the ground right now and they are just flat out good. The other cow only produced one egg, this cow usually averages 7 eggs per flush so I don't know what happened with that one. The first flush on her was also to 6149, we have a first calf heifer out of that mating that is one of the top bred heifers in the pen. She has a heifer calf on her side that is really good has maintained condition and bred back so checking all of the boxes thus far. The next flush on both cows will be using sexed heifer semen out of Extension. We have never used sexed semen before so hopefully it works out ok. The plan is to flush both three times then bring them home. If 0524 starts producing one more time to 6149 I really want to make some more females out of that mating. </p><p></p><p>Edited to add</p><p></p><p>NEfarmwife</p><p></p><p>I won't purchase without a 50% guarantee, the guarantee usually stipulates that you use a certified embryologist. Also if the eggs are IVF your conception rate will go down and most sellers will not give you a 50% guarantee on IVF eggs.</p><p></p><p>Gizmom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 1497230, member: 13402"] Franke I agree if a cow doesn’t take an egg once we will give her a second chance if she doesn’t take a second time we quit using her. The cost of ET work is to high to throw away eggs on cows that are not working. Not to mention the cost and time involved in setting them up. We have two cows at the embryologist facility now, he flushed both once so far. One cow did really good producing 8 eggs this was the best result we have ever had on this cow. The first flush was to a bull we owned that is now deceased Coleman EXT 6149. We have 7 calves out of the same mating on the ground right now and they are just flat out good. The other cow only produced one egg, this cow usually averages 7 eggs per flush so I don’t know what happened with that one. The first flush on her was also to 6149, we have a first calf heifer out of that mating that is one of the top bred heifers in the pen. She has a heifer calf on her side that is really good has maintained condition and bred back so checking all of the boxes thus far. The next flush on both cows will be using sexed heifer semen out of Extension. We have never used sexed semen before so hopefully it works out ok. The plan is to flush both three times then bring them home. If 0524 starts producing one more time to 6149 I really want to make some more females out of that mating. Edited to add NEfarmwife I won’t purchase without a 50% guarantee, the guarantee usually stipulates that you use a certified embryologist. Also if the eggs are IVF your conception rate will go down and most sellers will not give you a 50% guarantee on IVF eggs. Gizmom [/QUOTE]
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