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Breeding / Calving Issues
Anyone familiar with electronic heat detection?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1736262" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>I have been thinking the same thing this year after I seen the price of CIDRs this year. have not checked prices of electronic monitor systems, but for my herd of 25-30 cows, it probably is not an option. I started calving in mid Dec. this year. I work an off farm job so heat detection is somewhat limited. I started checking cows in the morning when it is still dark and most are laying down to check for mucus or bloody discharge indicating heat cycle. I gave those cows a shot of Estroplan on Feb 16th. cows that I did not see any sign of heat got a CIDR. about 50/50 split. all cows injected had standing heats and bred. CIDRS were removed last night from second group. So far I am liking this method since it spreads the breeding out so not so many cows to breed at the same time. last year I did TAI on 2 cows that I did not catch in heat and had 50/50 on pregnancy's. if electronics are not right for you, look for other options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1736262, member: 38038"] I have been thinking the same thing this year after I seen the price of CIDRs this year. have not checked prices of electronic monitor systems, but for my herd of 25-30 cows, it probably is not an option. I started calving in mid Dec. this year. I work an off farm job so heat detection is somewhat limited. I started checking cows in the morning when it is still dark and most are laying down to check for mucus or bloody discharge indicating heat cycle. I gave those cows a shot of Estroplan on Feb 16th. cows that I did not see any sign of heat got a CIDR. about 50/50 split. all cows injected had standing heats and bred. CIDRS were removed last night from second group. So far I am liking this method since it spreads the breeding out so not so many cows to breed at the same time. last year I did TAI on 2 cows that I did not catch in heat and had 50/50 on pregnancy's. if electronics are not right for you, look for other options. [/QUOTE]
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