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Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses. I will post my experience after we breed. Chris

I am planning on using the 7&7 Protocol this year on 150 cows. As I have read the published trial, they put heat detect patches on when PG shot given on day 14, but bred all cows 66 hours after the PG shot, and gave GNRH to only those not in heat. Would it be better to breed any that are in...

Is it legal to use this in a synchronization protocol for Beef cattle?

I have Q&B crabgrass and plant oats in the fall like you are wanting to do.. You have to be careful not to disk too deep or you will cover the crabgrass seed too deep and it will not come up next spring. Also, if you disc in August and get rain, some of the seed will sprout and you will get a...

From everything I have read the conception rate on heifers is higher with the 5 day compared to 7 day. Last year we used the 5 day Co-Sync protocol. This year I changed to the 14 day CIDR protocol with fixed TAI. I will not know my pregnancy rate for another 3 weeks but seems to have worked...

I am using EZ Breeder CIDRs, and my process is as follows: I put them in a bucket of water with a little detergent, load the inserting device with the CIDR so that the CIDR wings are flat but no more (not jammed all the way in). I clean the outside vagina with wet paper towel, insert the CIDR...

OK, I have decided to change the AI sire for the virgin heifers to Red Angus. Now I have to find a bull. I am going to leave the others as I have it because I have Red Angus bulls for clean-up on the main herd and Hereford on the young herd. I do not have enough Hereford bulls to switch them...

Red Angus: Beckton Epic R397 - Adult cow herd, mostly black Angus / Brangus, moderate frame Hereford: KCF Bennett R294 - Virgin Heifers, mostly black Angus, few Red Angus and BWF, moderate frame SHF Rib Eye R117 - 2 and 3 year old cows with 1st and 2nd calves - Mostly BWF and Black with few...

I am trying to do the same thing with double cropping Quick and Big crabgrass, and Oats in the winter. I have had some success but limited. The biggest limitation is rain. If May is dry then the crabgrass is slow to come on. With rain and fertilizer it will do good. Must control weeds (goat...

RegCowman: Thanks for reply. I did use CIDRs with GnRH and Estimate using the 5 day CoSync protocol on the heifers last year. That is a great idea to pull the ones cycling withing a week of syncronization. How do you manage those? Sync them later or breed on natural heat? I do not AI...

Anyone recommend a Polled Hereford breeder within 200 miles of Athens, TX that has moderate frame thick bulls?

That is % of calves weaned based on how many cows were exposed to the bulls, so it would include your % opens. So, if you have 100 cows with the bulls in May, lost 5 calves for whatever reason, and had 10 opens then would have live calf crop of 85%.

I have a commercial cow / calf operation, run about 300 cows. I used timed AI on 120 heifers last year, had 45% AI conception. We split them in 2 groups of 60 1 week apart, turned clean up bulls in 2 weeks after AI then did ultrasound on all together. I group was 30 days post AI and other was...

Dunn, I will be using R294 on black Angus virgin heifers (my first attempt at AI!) this year. What do you like and dislike about his offspring? TIA

I live in Athens, pretty close to you. I drill them unless I need to get it out quick before a rain. It could have been bad seed. It is possible to get them too deep. I try for 1 1/2 inches. We had lots of rain last fall, could it have been a little deep then too packed from rain? I use...

I don't do this with cows, only 1st calf heifers. I am sure that any of you that calve more than 20 per year know that this group will weigh less on average at weaning than your adult cows. Why? Some of it I think is that the calf gets less colostrum and does not get quite as good of a start...

Last year I gave all my 1st calf heifer's calves supplemental colostrum. I gave them 1.5 quarts at about 6 to 8 hours of life. The idea was to let them nurse and bond with mom, then supplement to give them a little extra. Did not want to mess up bonding or mother nature but wanted to boost...

Most of my pastures are set up that they really can't roam much and don't have much woods. They start where the water is located and we strip graze with electric fencing with daily moves when on stockpile. I have only done this with dry pregnant cows. I think you would need to supplement a...

I have stockpiled bermudagrass in East Texas this way for the past 6 years or so. It does work and the cows eat it fine. You must graze it short, cut for hay, or shred before fertilizing. I usually put out the fertilizer end of August. Much into September and cool nights will limit how much...

I have lots of Ball clover and love it. It is the best re-seeder I have. You will not get much grazing the first year. Lots of hard seed. The second year it will come on. The Vetch and Winter Peas will grow this year if we have rain. They will re-seed also if you manage it. You can have...