Heat detection with single cows??

[appybelle]

Hi! So I’ve got one Jersey cow we recently purchased. I’m planning to have her AI’d since no one remotely near us keeps a Jersey bull and I’m looking to breed a replacement heifer from her since she’s already 7. My question is how do I identify standing heat to get the AI guy over here?? Everything I see for heat detect is based on mounting by other cows, but other than the little Scottish Highland heifer I have (who wouldn’t be able to reach anyway) there’s no other cattle to do the job and tip me off. She bellows and has clear discharge but when do I call to have her bred??

 

[Redgully]

When i was a teenager i had one cow for six years and she calved every 11 months in that time all by a.i. I found it really easy to know when she was in heat. Like your cow she would call out and have a mucus discharge and hold her tail out. I would ring the A.I. lady we used and she would come out after she finished milking for the day. So usually it was dark. But late afternoon a couple of times. You really don't need to worry about timing more than that.

 

[bse]

Sync her,,, the signs your seeing are right, but like was said in previous post if at night or your not there for whatever reason you can miss it.