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<blockquote data-quote="Gale Seddon" data-source="post: 152889" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Appreciate the additional posts on this...to answer some questions:</p><p>They're Dexters; these two are easy keepers that could stand some time on the Jenny Craig program, but I'm not about to start a cow calisthenics program, LOL. They're not mine to sell...just agreed to have them here with our bull and the owner is an honorable fella who appreciates the efforts. (Our original plan was that when both were confirmed pregnant, we would keep one and return the other (along with one of our steers for the owner to finish). When the vet comes to check ours, she checks them too, so that's not that big a deal.</p><p></p><p>I guess from all the responses, that their "over conditioning" is a major factor in their not being able to become or stay pregnant (one was pregnant for 3 months; the other has not conceived at all, to our knowledge). The "other" is in heat today, much to the delight of the bull. We shall see, but I imagine both will return to the owner in another month; I've kept him fully informed of our lack of progress. Discouraging, being a rare breed and all, but one can only do so much. Maybe the owner will pursue other methods with his own vet; but not everyone with just a couple of cows is inclined to buy semen and go through the AI process. </p><p></p><p>Frankie, we too had a mummy calf several years ago and worried that the cow wouldn't calve again, but she did and has every year since then... </p><p></p><p>Thanks again, everybody.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gale Seddon, post: 152889, member: 53"] Appreciate the additional posts on this...to answer some questions: They're Dexters; these two are easy keepers that could stand some time on the Jenny Craig program, but I'm not about to start a cow calisthenics program, LOL. They're not mine to sell...just agreed to have them here with our bull and the owner is an honorable fella who appreciates the efforts. (Our original plan was that when both were confirmed pregnant, we would keep one and return the other (along with one of our steers for the owner to finish). When the vet comes to check ours, she checks them too, so that's not that big a deal. I guess from all the responses, that their "over conditioning" is a major factor in their not being able to become or stay pregnant (one was pregnant for 3 months; the other has not conceived at all, to our knowledge). The "other" is in heat today, much to the delight of the bull. We shall see, but I imagine both will return to the owner in another month; I've kept him fully informed of our lack of progress. Discouraging, being a rare breed and all, but one can only do so much. Maybe the owner will pursue other methods with his own vet; but not everyone with just a couple of cows is inclined to buy semen and go through the AI process. Frankie, we too had a mummy calf several years ago and worried that the cow wouldn't calve again, but she did and has every year since then... Thanks again, everybody. [/QUOTE]
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