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We use synchronization for heifers. Getting on average around 70-80% conception. Day 1 PRID +Gnrh, Day 7 take PRID out + PG, AI after 56 hours + Gnrh.

Pretty much what I do myself. Still get a tough one once in a while.

Will use all the bulls used last year, plus added a couple french lims, will use Bazadaise bull on 50% Bazadaise heifer and will try for atleast one Maine anjou calf. Going to get two new french Charolais and new Parthenaise bull. Charolais...

I done only timed AI using 7 day PRID. Had synchronized 20 angus heifers at one farm. Saw that some showed strong heat signs at the AI time. 14 were bred after that service. Had done one heifer at home, abit odd behaviour, but none signs showing heat. Only my notice, but cows (dairy) not helding...

And here are all other bulls, which should arrive in two weeks time. https://www.ki-samen.nl/en/stier/item/556/vacherin https://www.ki-samen.nl/en/stier/item/323/tresor https://www.ki-samen.nl/en/stier/item/822/garnish https://www.ki-samen.nl/en/stier/item/53/fabio...

Yup, it seems a long time, but it is rewarding when you see that it was worth waiting.

It's going to be my second AI season this year done by myself. Finally, this year have chosen all the bulls I wanted from the abroad AI companies and not the bulls, which were already here. Lets say, beef bulls brought here aren't of a high quality. Most bulls straws are around 2-4eur/straw. Two...

Have used 100% AI in the past, then moved to 100% herd bull and now are at ~50%AI for cows and 100%AI heifers. All natural heats, there will be 56 females calving this season in total. Have used TAI two years ago on a couple animals. Really great thing for those cows, which have silent heats or...

Don't have a particular set number of days. Most of the time AI when see the first heat. Just had one cow for AI on the 25th of May. She has calved on the 20th of April. Have settled some cows on ~1.5month after calving. AI'ing abit earlier than at two months if I see a heat and need to move...

We have just started with AI. Moving the start of calving from January to February. Will try to go with almost 70% AI, so it'll be some work not to miss any heats.

Many use beefxdairy cows, at least in this part of the world. Mostly hereford, simmental, angus or even belgian blue crossed with dairy. Usually abit less milk, but still alot. However, often they get to raise one extra calf. If you'll keep only one calf on a dairy cow, there will be a lot of...

Thanks. At first he was in top 10% of CE, once he just appeared for AI. Not many progeny yet. He is a double muscled bull, so that affects his calving ease. At least here, I've noticed that harder calved bulls produce easier calving daughters. We do have a couple calves from him and will have...

Being -8.8 on calving ease would mean that he's only for mature cows?

Wanted to ask if anybody could explain how to read EBV charts. I understand the "linear type", but I don't really understand that table with all the %, kg and accuracy. What means all those + and -. How low or high should each number should be for better performance, what calving ease would be...

Yeah, I agree with you about that. The second one actually is from a half brother-sister breeding. It happened when three herds of bulls have escaped from their pastures and somehow one our bull managed to walk to our heifers pasture, which was a couple miles away and, of course, one heifer was...

Vet got the last available four straws of this bull. The charx cow didn't held first time and have used another bull for the second try. However, have used this one on two other 1st calvers. One was preg checked just recently and she's confirmed incalf and due in August. Well, we gave her a...

Yes, he looks pretty good. Going to use on a couple heifers and a couple cows. Should be very easy calving.

I did manage to get some straws of Parthenaise this year! Finally! It's one of a few breeds I want the most in our herd. It's a true headache to choose which bull to use on which cow/heifer now... Most of the herd will be AI'd this year as the new bull a the moment isn't even one year old...

Some I really like by the way they look...

We had pretty good luck with heifers last year. All on natural heats and have to call our vet to come for AI. 5 stuck on the first attempt,two even were bred at the same time, 2 on the second, one very likely had an early abortion as she was silent after the first try and came back in heat abit...