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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1010175" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>OME, for $16 he has got a pretty well balanced set of figures, I tend to prefer them with a middle of the range birth weight so as they are not too far behind the starting line but at the lower prices it is hard to get everything that you want, actually it is hard to get everything you want even at the top of the range.</p><p>I would say go for it. It is only by making a start that you get your routine worked out. Often you don't get the results that you hoped for but you fine tune and get better each year. Heifers are certainly the easiest to do, they can be synchronised all together and you should expect a reasonable success rate. With the cow herd, AI can spread out your calving a bit. I put the cidrs in so that if I am successfull with the insemination they will calve 3 wks earlier than their last calf but if I miss them and the bull gets them on the next cycle then their calf won't be any later. I think how you go about it all depends on how much time you have, the facilities as having room to keep them away from the bull etc, but these are things that you really only work out by doing it.</p><p>Have you had a look at the Agrigene Edge catalogue. They often have some of the top selling young bulls for about $12. They change each year. Sometime you have to ring them up and hassle them as they get a bit slack at putting them on their website.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1010175, member: 16453"] OME, for $16 he has got a pretty well balanced set of figures, I tend to prefer them with a middle of the range birth weight so as they are not too far behind the starting line but at the lower prices it is hard to get everything that you want, actually it is hard to get everything you want even at the top of the range. I would say go for it. It is only by making a start that you get your routine worked out. Often you don't get the results that you hoped for but you fine tune and get better each year. Heifers are certainly the easiest to do, they can be synchronised all together and you should expect a reasonable success rate. With the cow herd, AI can spread out your calving a bit. I put the cidrs in so that if I am successfull with the insemination they will calve 3 wks earlier than their last calf but if I miss them and the bull gets them on the next cycle then their calf won't be any later. I think how you go about it all depends on how much time you have, the facilities as having room to keep them away from the bull etc, but these are things that you really only work out by doing it. Have you had a look at the Agrigene Edge catalogue. They often have some of the top selling young bulls for about $12. They change each year. Sometime you have to ring them up and hassle them as they get a bit slack at putting them on their website. Ken [/QUOTE]
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