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That could work. The only issue I see with that is if you are going to be marketing to purebred breeders. Purebred breeders tend to chase trends. They breed to the hottest bulls in the breed in hopes of selling the calves for good prices to other breeders. So if that is the case, what works for...

I thought about that dun. I plan on doing that or trying to go to another class from a different provider. Not saying the one I went to was bad at all, but maybe the difference in teachers may make a difference for me. But that will be when funding isn't so tight lol. The neighbors cows have a...

Can I ask what you are using him on and what you are going to use the calves for? If I was breeding purebreds for the show ring I would use much different genetics than if I was breeding to commercial females for calves to sell/ use as replacements. As earlier mentioned, the marbling is a bit...

Well the blood tests are back. Out of five heifers, two are bred. One I was confident I did correctly...and the other? The heifer that went down in the chute! The heifer that I was no way close to her cervix and quickly injected the semen when she laid down so I wouldn't totally waste the...

I wasn't sure how the estrotect patches would work if they aren't riding so I haven't tried them. Does anyone have any recommendations on a blood test company? Also, would you sync again or use the patches and wait?

Okay, so I bred 5 heifers on the 9th of January. On the 29th, I started watching for signs of heat just in case one happened to come in early. I noticed one heifer was in standing heat. The next morning, I AIed her again. As for the other four, I cannot tell if these heifers are in heat or not...

Well I tried again this weekend. I had one heifer very noticeably in standing heat. I honestly don't think there is any way other than divine intervention that I may have gotten 4 out of 5 bred my first time out, but as of right now I only have seen the one in heat. I bred her, and two cows I...

I thought that was the maximum to leave the semen in the thaw bath. I am talking about from the bath, to the gun, sheathed, and in the cow. Jenna, I didn't have much trouble locating the cervix but I was amazed at how much smaller they were! So getting through it was a different story. KR I...

Greatgerts, I don't think there will be any issue there. They are in good condition with good feed/hay and fresh water daily. Also, they have a constant supply of good mineral. My girls are in good shape! I ordered some more semen to catch them again as they come back into heat instead of...

For heat detection, do you guys paint the tails or use the patches? Which do you prefer and why? I have only used syncing in the past so this is a first for me. I have a cow that ALWAYS tells me when I have a cow in heat. She bothers the cow just as much as the bull does...until now. This time...

I sure hope you guys are right. I have a young bull that I will be using for clean up, but I may break down and try to AI any that come in again. If I even get one bred that will make me feel so much better about things. It also didn't help that it was pouring rain and then snowing on me the...

Any tips for how I can get more practice would be helpful. I don't have many cows to breed and everyone I have talked with don't really want me to AI theirs at cost or sharing the cost.

I went to the Cattle Visions AI school in November and became certified. I wasn't very confident in my abilities but I at least had the anatomy and the gist of what I was supposed to do. I figured I could do it, it would just take me longer than expected. Fast forward to this morning, I had 5...