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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1550825" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Branded - I think what most are having a hard time "grasping" is your comments about breeding at possibly the wrong timing. First, there is a HUGE window of time to get a cow bred (in comparison to thinking it has to be exact). With your state of the art heat detection system, that evidently tells you when she starts messing around, when she actually stands and when she stops standing. Man, that would be kick butt great to have. I do all the heat checking, with my eyeballs. I do use Estrotect and/or crayon, and mud lines down their sides, and ruffled tail heads, and clear discharge, and perky ears, etc, etc.</p><p>I have a tech that comes twice a day. Sometimes at 9 am, sometimes at 11 am for morning heats, than might be ready to come back at 2 pm or 4 pm. Tech is what is "hit & miss" around here. But, we get them AI'd in a 65 day time period - extremely great conception rate. If we breed while they are actively standing, I hit them with GNRH. Which, IMO, you are doing yourself an injustice not to take advantage of hormone tools. </p><p>Trust me, I (maybe WE) are jealous of your heat detection system - although I love spending time walking thru my cows and it is good for the temperament of calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1550825, member: 968"] Branded - I think what most are having a hard time "grasping" is your comments about breeding at possibly the wrong timing. First, there is a HUGE window of time to get a cow bred (in comparison to thinking it has to be exact). With your state of the art heat detection system, that evidently tells you when she starts messing around, when she actually stands and when she stops standing. Man, that would be kick butt great to have. I do all the heat checking, with my eyeballs. I do use Estrotect and/or crayon, and mud lines down their sides, and ruffled tail heads, and clear discharge, and perky ears, etc, etc. I have a tech that comes twice a day. Sometimes at 9 am, sometimes at 11 am for morning heats, than might be ready to come back at 2 pm or 4 pm. Tech is what is "hit & miss" around here. But, we get them AI'd in a 65 day time period - extremely great conception rate. If we breed while they are actively standing, I hit them with GNRH. Which, IMO, you are doing yourself an injustice not to take advantage of hormone tools. Trust me, I (maybe WE) are jealous of your heat detection system - although I love spending time walking thru my cows and it is good for the temperament of calves. [/QUOTE]
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