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    Flushing Advice

    From what our embryologist told me is the IVF cycles are usually very consistent between flushes where as conventional can vary more. I tried a conventional flush with a heifer and got zero because of an infection. Turned around and did 2 IVF cycles and got 10 and 11 embryos frozen. She is a...
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    If you had to pick one breed that wasnt angus or hereford??

    Simmentals. You can get your red and blacks and solids and baldies....sometimes all from the same bull.
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    Old Simmental Semen from 1999

    Saw his head in person. We went there multiple times for the judging team. The Allens were great hosts for us. Saw some of his calves as opens and even some of the clones calves. Great bull. Made some very influential females.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Hopefully we should have some bankrolls, brigades, and pays to believe out of this cow coming this year. I guess I haven’t noticed the big head on our two.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Lot 1 is a tank. If you could drop that tail head and clean up her front that would be about all we would change on her. I am keeping a flushmate to lot 2 and she is marked the same way as far as all of the white goes.
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    % of bulls vs heifers from ET

    2019 we had 13 out of 19 bulls 30 embryos inserted..2020 only 3 out of 16 were bulls, 30 embryos inserted, 5 #2’s gave 3 heifers. I used sexed insight on a flush and the cow had an infection so we got 0 eggs. Next 2 times did IVF with sexed Epic and sexed Oracle and got 10 and 11 eggs out of 20...
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    Sorted Semen in 2021 ?

    Sign up on ST to see prices.. not hard to do.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Thank you. Yes it is. Franke Show Calves January 5th.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Thank you! I hoping to keep making better calves and think we are on the right track.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    See how the pictures compare to the videos https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpaG49XH2gzzX46TF3TcvzOypuoNJDqS
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Lots 1-4 are out of the same cow 1-3 are ET’s and 4 is her natural calf. Lot 5 and 7 are out of the same cow. Lots 8-9 are out of the same cow and lots 9 and 10 are the same bull.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Thank you! Yes Simmentals besides lot 6 is a Maine angus half blood. The red is out of our hers bull and a cow that was out of another herd bull... makes me prouder that way. She is tame my then 3 year old showed her with my dad at the fair in 2019 as a calf. I hope lot 2 tops it as she is...
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Thank you. We are going to try our own on SC. I wish we could take credit for them; broke down and payed someone for them plus videos.
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Thank you!!
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    Got our pictures back!!

    Decided to try an online sale for the first time and thought I would share
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