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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1078761" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>First time 100% AI this year.</p><p>Seems to be going okay. I expected one cow that I liked to end up open because she was difficult to AI last year, but she was no problem this year, figured if they can't get in calf AI they don't need to be in my herd anyway. I won't know open rates for another couple months (will AI till the end of Dec).</p><p>Heat observation on some cows might be an issue but so far all but two have cycled and one of those is a very backwards two year old who is probably producing too much milk and genuinely not cycling.</p><p></p><p>I do my own AI, wouldn't be keen on getting a technician to go 100% unless for a very short mating interval - during mating the techs visit each of their farms every day, but on a smaller herd there's going to be days with no matings so it either needs very good communication or he's going to waste time and fuel sometimes (even if it's just turning onto the farm on his way to the next). Everything is done on observed heat. I gave up on synching cows a few years back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1078761, member: 9267"] First time 100% AI this year. Seems to be going okay. I expected one cow that I liked to end up open because she was difficult to AI last year, but she was no problem this year, figured if they can't get in calf AI they don't need to be in my herd anyway. I won't know open rates for another couple months (will AI till the end of Dec). Heat observation on some cows might be an issue but so far all but two have cycled and one of those is a very backwards two year old who is probably producing too much milk and genuinely not cycling. I do my own AI, wouldn't be keen on getting a technician to go 100% unless for a very short mating interval - during mating the techs visit each of their farms every day, but on a smaller herd there's going to be days with no matings so it either needs very good communication or he's going to waste time and fuel sometimes (even if it's just turning onto the farm on his way to the next). Everything is done on observed heat. I gave up on synching cows a few years back. [/QUOTE]
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