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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 556945" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>I had two experiences with embryos.</p><p></p><p>1st I bought a group of embryos from a reknowned breeder. Full sib embryos. My goal was to raise a bull from his genetics as an outcross to my herd and raised under my conditions. I got all heifer calves. I put these embryos in good milking cows in our herd who had raised heavy calves but perhaps were not the ultimate in structure. the ET calves were born and raised right with the rest of the herd in the regular calving season.</p><p></p><p>Quite a few of my regular AI calves beat these embryo calves at weaning.</p><p></p><p>The next year we flushed our best two proven old pathfinder cows. Bred them at that time to the most highly proven bull in the breed that met our criteria. Goal was to get daughters to put back into the herd.</p><p>spent about 2000 and had good results. got embryos into all the recips we had ready and had good conceptions.</p><p></p><p>At weaning time I had to reach over a bunch of good AI calves to keep some of these heifers. they have made good solid cows but not spectacular. The ET bull calves got lost in the mix and while we tested a couple they were surpassed by our regular AI calves. </p><p></p><p>My point is this. I concluded that my hard earned money was better spent and I had better advancement getting a good AI service on every cow and striving for a 70 percent conception on a single service.</p><p></p><p>I would never waste money on flushing an unproven heifer unless I had someone beating me over the head with money to buy the embryos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 556945, member: 6543"] I had two experiences with embryos. 1st I bought a group of embryos from a reknowned breeder. Full sib embryos. My goal was to raise a bull from his genetics as an outcross to my herd and raised under my conditions. I got all heifer calves. I put these embryos in good milking cows in our herd who had raised heavy calves but perhaps were not the ultimate in structure. the ET calves were born and raised right with the rest of the herd in the regular calving season. Quite a few of my regular AI calves beat these embryo calves at weaning. The next year we flushed our best two proven old pathfinder cows. Bred them at that time to the most highly proven bull in the breed that met our criteria. Goal was to get daughters to put back into the herd. spent about 2000 and had good results. got embryos into all the recips we had ready and had good conceptions. At weaning time I had to reach over a bunch of good AI calves to keep some of these heifers. they have made good solid cows but not spectacular. The ET bull calves got lost in the mix and while we tested a couple they were surpassed by our regular AI calves. My point is this. I concluded that my hard earned money was better spent and I had better advancement getting a good AI service on every cow and striving for a 70 percent conception on a single service. I would never waste money on flushing an unproven heifer unless I had someone beating me over the head with money to buy the embryos. [/QUOTE]
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