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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1300928" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Don't know that I said that, certainly did get 100% on the first few heifers I did and they seem to get in calf easily whether you get all the way through the cervix or not. Then I encountered one that got 3 cycles AI, 3 cycles with the bull, then sold her open to someone who wanted to give her some more chances.</p><p></p><p>After training, I'd done 50 cows before I felt like I knew what I was doing (probably 7 - 10 days in my herd) and then panicked because hardly any of them returned... no need for panic, they didn't return because they were in-calf.</p><p></p><p>With experience you'll double-check the name of the bull on every straw after it's defrosted, snip quickly with scissors (not a cutter, they taught is in training to wipe the scissors between straws but you can't wipe the wandering sperm off a cutter), and double check every time that the sheath is secure because there's nothing more frustrating than the whole sheath moving when you're ready to empty the straw.</p><p>Get the routine right, drop the semen in approximately the right place and it's all good.</p><p>"o" ring is what I'm using, you just double check that the sheath is all the way on and the ring jammed down as far as it'll go. It's not usually a disaster if the sheath does come loose and you realise it, just a nuisance because you then have to hold it back or fix it to empty the straw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1300928, member: 9267"] Don't know that I said that, certainly did get 100% on the first few heifers I did and they seem to get in calf easily whether you get all the way through the cervix or not. Then I encountered one that got 3 cycles AI, 3 cycles with the bull, then sold her open to someone who wanted to give her some more chances. After training, I'd done 50 cows before I felt like I knew what I was doing (probably 7 - 10 days in my herd) and then panicked because hardly any of them returned... no need for panic, they didn't return because they were in-calf. With experience you'll double-check the name of the bull on every straw after it's defrosted, snip quickly with scissors (not a cutter, they taught is in training to wipe the scissors between straws but you can't wipe the wandering sperm off a cutter), and double check every time that the sheath is secure because there's nothing more frustrating than the whole sheath moving when you're ready to empty the straw. Get the routine right, drop the semen in approximately the right place and it's all good. "o" ring is what I'm using, you just double check that the sheath is all the way on and the ring jammed down as far as it'll go. It's not usually a disaster if the sheath does come loose and you realise it, just a nuisance because you then have to hold it back or fix it to empty the straw. [/QUOTE]
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