dunmovin.. how critical is the 12 hour thing? or is there a range? if strict on 12 hours i can see that you could be up all hours of the night doing this..
just wondering..
gene
> I've been told I'm long winded,
> but the process is actually pretty
> easily explained. 12 hours after
> seeing the cow stand to be ridden,
> remove the semen from the tank and
> thaw according to the semen
> processors directions. Dry
> thoroghly, insert the unsealed end
> into the gun, clip thr sealed end,
> place a sheath over the straw and
> gun. Restrain the cow. Insert your
> hand and arm into the rectum and
> grasp the cervix through the walls
> of the colon. Insert the gun into
> the vagina and manipulate the
> cervix over the gun until the tip
> is just into the uterus. Slowly
> depress the plunger on the gun.
> When empty remove the gun, romove
> your hand and arm from the rectum,
> massage the vulva. Turn the cow
> loose. If everything works, the
> sperm will swim up the fallopian
> tubes and be waiting when the
> ovary releases an egg. As the egg
> passes through the fallopian tube
> it will be fertilized and slowly
> continue it's way into the uterus
> where it will eventually implant.
> Bingo you have a pregnancy, 283
> days after ovulation more or less
> and you have a calf.
> dunmovin farms
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