Back in the 80's we had a cow have 48 good embryos 54 total.
Over the last two or three years we have avg. 15 good embryos on three different cows. Last flush had 24 embryos 20 grade #1's ,2 grade #2, 1 grade #3 and 1 unfertile.
The last I knew he is still alive but only producing sporadically because of his age. A good place to find semen is http://www.advantagecattle.com go into the classified section and you can find lots of semen.Also you can email the site with an offer on the semen that you want and you can...
I would like to do neocropsy done but the lab is an hour away and I can't go because my son is sick.
The thing that really sucks is the donor cow died last summer (got her head stuck and bloated) and semen company didn't fill my tank on time so I lost all my embryos from the donor. Ithink I'm...
I have lost 2 embryo calves in the last week, both from same flush. I found first one dead and could tell it was still born it had a smell to it. Second calf this morning, cow was calving so I came back in the house for some coffee and went back out 20 minutes later and as I walked up to the pen...
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I talked with Select Sires two weeks ago and they said he is alive and in better shape now than he has been. I think they said they were going to try to collect some semen from him. I have 10 straws on the way that they found for me.
Has anyone used any of the Accelerated bulls with Affirm? What do you think of Affirm? Dose it help?
Not asking about bulls but if Affirm really works.
If I were to use this bull on heifers I would use him on larger framed heifers that have low bw epd's or a family history of calving ease, cause we all know that epd's are only a tool to help in selection.
The only reason she's so fat is cause all they do is flush her.
If I had a cow that made me that much money she could be as fat as she wanted as long as she produce fertile eggs.
Unless you are going to show them I'd let nature take it's course. If you want to treat I'd use Blu Kote, just spray on every other day, make sure not to use to much were it drips into the eye. When you spray they will close there eyes.
Here in Connecticut 4x4 round bales stored inside $25-$30
5 to 6 ft rounds $50 and up
small square bales first cut 50-60lbs $3.50-$4.50
second and third cut $5.00-$7.50
mulch hay $3.00 -$4.00
The sale catalog didn't say anything about this semen being donated.
I did hear a few months ago that 1I2 was on his last leg but haven't been able to confirm the rumor.
I have a couple of questions.
Why did the Rito 1I2 semen sell for so much?
Why did the Connealy Thunder semen sell for so much? I called Genex Friday and they said you can get semen from him for $20 or $25 a straw and it sold $200-$225 for 5 straws!