Search results for query: *

We have had a small spring and small fall herd (30ish) for a few years now. We are moving back to spring. There are tremendous advantages to both. Reasons for switching back are that we are trying to be a cooperative herd for purebred herds and there seems to be more demand for that in the...

I didn't know there was another business plan! Been doing this for years. Seems as if we are happy and so is my banker! At least they keep building nice new offices.

I don't know how others handle this situation but it seems to work for me. We had a heifer that I check at 10pm calve the following morning. Temp was in the low teens and when I found her at 6:30 the calf was pretty well gone. Barely moving her legs and the gum line was pretty blue. When I...

okay sorry for the poorly worded question. Caustic thanks for a real answer. She is okay in her production but her calves are in the 90's for weaning weight. I like the cow and she does okay but I would like to improve her OFFSPRINGS ability to milk. We do not keep cows that don't milk. My...

We have nice hereford cow that has an udder that needs improvement. Mostly in volume. The teats are fairly short but she just lacks volume and now that she has had her second calf it is apparent she needs a tick more milk production. Any suggestions. Thanks

I had this exact conversation with my vet this year. We had a cow who was not clean after 4 days. My vet really strested that the conventional wisdom is to do nothing. She did clean a couple days later. He did make a suggestion that surprised me. He knew that I had been doing some AI and...

does the calving date corrispond with the breeding date or is it close to her night of passion? The birth date can be 2wks +- the breeding date. We had an ET calf come 3wks early and an AI calf come 13 days early this spring. I think the ET calf was a little premature, she was soft in her...

Here is a little but very unscientific validation: We have a VERY gentle Diversity daughter from Sydenstricker's. We genetically profiled her heifer from '08 and 5 EXT daughters. the heifer from "Princess" is also very gentle, we used her as a first show calf for my youngest son. Most know...

I had a guy want me to sync and ai 3 heifers. To do this they are going to be on my place for 2 weeks. we use Ovacyst, CIDR and Estrumate to sync. $20 semen. What would you think would be a fair price?

The comparison I have is from the same bull - EXT. Last spring we had 7 calves ranging from 74-98 lbs. this fall the calves have been in the 60's

Frankie, Okay but how does that work with small producers like me that may only have 5 calves from the same sire? The contemporary group would only be his calves. Would any data go for birth weight? Say all five calves were born in the upper sixties and lower seventy pounds? What if this an...

I was talking with a buddy this weekend and he asked if I had noticed that the fall birth weights were lower than spring. Since we have only had fall calving for two years I hadn't put any thought to it. When I checked my records I seem to support what he said. Do those of you with more...

Earl Veterinary Supply in Fayette Missouri sold them to us for $86.55/pkg of 10. We use them twice with a good cleaning in between with a disinfectent. I keep the used ones around for any extra cows. (groups that don't evenly divide out by 10 so that I don't have to order a whole package for...

We recently set up 31 cows with the same protocol as Avalon except we pulled and gave Estramate on the same day. The results were pretty good. 26 cows came into heat within 72 hours. the ones that didn't can be attributed to health/age/docility problems. One came up lame before implant but...

linebreeding is when I forget to close the gate. Inbreeding is when the bull gets out on his own. :lol:

Definitely big business with more producers using it every year. We are using it with all our cows and will have a purebred herd of good pedigree cattle in a few years instead of generations! Exciting times at our farm. gm

Keep the bull out of the pen until the second shot is given. This helps all the cows synch. Some will not cycle because of the stage of estrous. the second shot 10-12 days is there to catch those that did not come into heat on the first shot. as far as aborting. Lut is not effective until...

There seems to be a lot of truth on this thread. IF....you are willing to listen. I profess to know less about the cattle industry than most. My father raised cattle and I am into my 12th calving season. We switched to a horned hereford bull several years ago. MOST of the calves born...

What about using two straws....one when standing heat is first observed then the second following the 12 hr rule?

I agree again Dun. The same genetic blender is at work with et as it is with natural breeding. For us we would be willing to pay a little $200 -500 for embyos because the odds of getting a better animal that what we can breed is sure bet. We are also trying to work toward a registered herd...