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<blockquote data-quote="geish" data-source="post: 201711" data-attributes="member: 2510"><p>Sounds like Angus will be the bull. </p><p></p><p>I really want to get to a point to where I can tell what breeds the cows are. I'll probably keep alternating between Anguses and some other breed from now on; maybe Gelbvieh as some of you metioned. From what TurnThatCow's showed me, they come out beautiful. </p><p></p><p>These cows have been on our land for about three months. These were the only cows on there; the owner didn't pick and choose. He only took his bull out which was a Limousin. Nice looking bull. It's the sire to the calf in the picture. </p><p></p><p>As far as AI works, is it something that I can do myself? I'm guessing I buy the semen, however many batches I need to fertilize a certain amount of cows, then shove it in their oviducts right? LOL. I need to read up on it. </p><p></p><p>My plan is to continually rotate bulls. I'd need to buy a bull every two years. I have the understanding that it's not very good to breed the heifers to their sire. If I understand correctly, it takes about two years for the heifer to be fertile. I then need to get another bull to impregnate the heifers and the other cows. If I could do AI, then I'd just need to buy the semen of different bulls every two years right? Is it cheaper that way?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geish, post: 201711, member: 2510"] Sounds like Angus will be the bull. I really want to get to a point to where I can tell what breeds the cows are. I'll probably keep alternating between Anguses and some other breed from now on; maybe Gelbvieh as some of you metioned. From what TurnThatCow's showed me, they come out beautiful. These cows have been on our land for about three months. These were the only cows on there; the owner didn't pick and choose. He only took his bull out which was a Limousin. Nice looking bull. It's the sire to the calf in the picture. As far as AI works, is it something that I can do myself? I'm guessing I buy the semen, however many batches I need to fertilize a certain amount of cows, then shove it in their oviducts right? LOL. I need to read up on it. My plan is to continually rotate bulls. I'd need to buy a bull every two years. I have the understanding that it's not very good to breed the heifers to their sire. If I understand correctly, it takes about two years for the heifer to be fertile. I then need to get another bull to impregnate the heifers and the other cows. If I could do AI, then I'd just need to buy the semen of different bulls every two years right? Is it cheaper that way? Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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