Recent content by Outrigger2

i agree.

i would be disappointed with 75-80% if i was out there checking heat 3 or more times a day. do you just AI once and then turn the bull out?

75-80% conception from AI is not bad.

you got that right

i think so too

73% (not 75% looked at the calculator wrong)of the 11 AI'd are bred. sorry for the confusion. 2 open which the ultrasound showed smaller than normal ovaries and the bull got the the one i missed. 92% bred in the mature cows. i would have like to seen that a little higher.

preg checked the herd this week. had a few more open then i would like, but everything went smooth. AI'd a few heifers and did real well, about 75%. just thought id let ya know.

nice post simcross

i'll take that mileage any day :D :D

anybody have any recommendations on feeding pearl millet seed? i have found that is comparable to corn and sorghum, and high in lysine.

i used baby powder/talcum powder. it worked just fine. also done the dead calf coat. that one is a little messy. i put the powder on the calfs' back and then around and up the cows nose. it took some time, but she took the calf and did a great job.

that was great

i agree with dun. there have been heifers i know where in heat and could not get the gun passed at all. i don't think the bull even got this one bred. it is just the way it goes.

156 days is the youngest of the weaned calves. some of those calves seem to be more effcient at putting weight on than some of the older ones.

saw some coyotes late that afternoon....steers got spooked tore up some fence. a few foot injuries. :(