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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1816714" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>He is siring 92% heifers BECAUSE it is sexed semen... or as it is now called "gender selected"... they sort the semen at the facility and package the female carrying semen in the straws... he is not siring 92% females on his own by random breeding... and... that is still an 8% chance it could be a bull calf if she settles. </p><p>I am only telling you this because I am Walking MURPHY'S LAW. Bred my half guernsey/half hol cow to sexed semen 3 years running... guernsey semen... and got 3 bull calves out of it... and when the farmer's holstein bull got in with the cows she got bred and OF COURSE.... HAD A HEIFER. She was on a dairy milking.... I had 4 others at home and couldn't handle any more nurse cows at the time she calved... so one of my farmers was needing some more milkers so I put her there... it worked out good.... EXCEPT for the calf situation... The heifer was rather high strung and he bought her from me as I didn't want another holstein.... it worked out but gee whiz... I only wanted one heifer that would have been 3/4 guernsey... </p><p></p><p>I would ask the semen guy if they put out a chart/list that tells what each of the categories means that are listed with the bulls. They have changed them so much I am not sure I even know what all they mean now...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1816714, member: 25884"] He is siring 92% heifers BECAUSE it is sexed semen... or as it is now called "gender selected"... they sort the semen at the facility and package the female carrying semen in the straws... he is not siring 92% females on his own by random breeding... and... that is still an 8% chance it could be a bull calf if she settles. I am only telling you this because I am Walking MURPHY'S LAW. Bred my half guernsey/half hol cow to sexed semen 3 years running... guernsey semen... and got 3 bull calves out of it... and when the farmer's holstein bull got in with the cows she got bred and OF COURSE.... HAD A HEIFER. She was on a dairy milking.... I had 4 others at home and couldn't handle any more nurse cows at the time she calved... so one of my farmers was needing some more milkers so I put her there... it worked out good.... EXCEPT for the calf situation... The heifer was rather high strung and he bought her from me as I didn't want another holstein.... it worked out but gee whiz... I only wanted one heifer that would have been 3/4 guernsey... I would ask the semen guy if they put out a chart/list that tells what each of the categories means that are listed with the bulls. They have changed them so much I am not sure I even know what all they mean now... [/QUOTE]
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