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<blockquote data-quote="CVAR" data-source="post: 808848" data-attributes="member: 16130"><p>paying someone to AI for you shouldnt cost much (you should be able to call someone at a local dairy or other large purebred ranch that would know how) the bigger issue in getting the animals to cycle (come into heat) then detecting a standing heat then AI'ing 12 hours later (assuming you had someone to order and store the semen up to this point) then watching for heats 18 days later to see if they actually took to the AI and havinga plan if they didnt.</p><p></p><p>AI can be a pain and you should have a clean up bull either way or you risk having your calving season get really screwed up. I artificially inseminate every cow I own but always kick them out with a bull to clean up any heats that come back 3 weeks later. By the way, unless you seen your cow actually have a standing heat (meaning she stands there and lets the other cows ride her, there is a good chance she is still bred even if you seen her headbutting other cows) One open (unbred cow) cow can stir up several other cows even if they are bred - occasionally they will even try to ride other cows, the big difference is that the cows that are bred will not stand to be ridden by the others and any open ones will stand for others when they are in heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CVAR, post: 808848, member: 16130"] paying someone to AI for you shouldnt cost much (you should be able to call someone at a local dairy or other large purebred ranch that would know how) the bigger issue in getting the animals to cycle (come into heat) then detecting a standing heat then AI'ing 12 hours later (assuming you had someone to order and store the semen up to this point) then watching for heats 18 days later to see if they actually took to the AI and havinga plan if they didnt. AI can be a pain and you should have a clean up bull either way or you risk having your calving season get really screwed up. I artificially inseminate every cow I own but always kick them out with a bull to clean up any heats that come back 3 weeks later. By the way, unless you seen your cow actually have a standing heat (meaning she stands there and lets the other cows ride her, there is a good chance she is still bred even if you seen her headbutting other cows) One open (unbred cow) cow can stir up several other cows even if they are bred - occasionally they will even try to ride other cows, the big difference is that the cows that are bred will not stand to be ridden by the others and any open ones will stand for others when they are in heat. [/QUOTE]
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