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<blockquote data-quote="Cattleman200" data-source="post: 695943" data-attributes="member: 951"><p>HeatWatch is a definite expense up front but I have a friend that uses and sells them and he swears by them. He gets a very high conception rate on AI and ET work. I have been considering buying one myself. I have used everything from gomer bulls ,patches monitoring cattle several hours a day. If you really think about it all of your protocols give you definite hour ranges to breed cattle by. If you check cows right on dark and all is well and the next morning 5 have red patches you have a huge range of time there. If your protocol says breed 12 hours after standing heat you have no idea if those cows stood at 9 P M last night or 4 A M this morning when do you breed? There is no way you know what time of night they stood. I think if utilized correctly a HeatWatch system would pay for itself in conception rate, semen purchase and just in general getting cattle bred in a timely manner. The system when attached to your computer tells you exactly when a cow stood the first time and if/when she stood 25 times during the night. I have a decent conception rate now but I think more every day about getting a system. The expense incurred up front would just be the main concern I think. JMO Good Luck,</p><p></p><p>Circle H Ranch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattleman200, post: 695943, member: 951"] HeatWatch is a definite expense up front but I have a friend that uses and sells them and he swears by them. He gets a very high conception rate on AI and ET work. I have been considering buying one myself. I have used everything from gomer bulls ,patches monitoring cattle several hours a day. If you really think about it all of your protocols give you definite hour ranges to breed cattle by. If you check cows right on dark and all is well and the next morning 5 have red patches you have a huge range of time there. If your protocol says breed 12 hours after standing heat you have no idea if those cows stood at 9 P M last night or 4 A M this morning when do you breed? There is no way you know what time of night they stood. I think if utilized correctly a HeatWatch system would pay for itself in conception rate, semen purchase and just in general getting cattle bred in a timely manner. The system when attached to your computer tells you exactly when a cow stood the first time and if/when she stood 25 times during the night. I have a decent conception rate now but I think more every day about getting a system. The expense incurred up front would just be the main concern I think. JMO Good Luck, Circle H Ranch [/QUOTE]
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