eric":czblrhra said:Dun, I know you AI your cows, but how many breeding age bulls do you have, either for clean up or actual breeding? If only one breeding age bull, do you seperate him? Reason for asking: I am planning on keeping 3 calves, born in March '05, for additions to herd. I have a bull, who is breeding all my other cows (9) at this time. When I wean the calves in October/November, my plan was to keep the calves in a smaller pasture until next spring, at which time the cows should have their next calves and the '05 calves should be ready for breeding.
What would be more beneficial.....keeping the (3) calves in the small pasture, by themselves, away from the bull and their mamas.....or
putting the calves back with the cows after a couple months weaning period and putting the bull in the pasture by himself?
ollie":1txcb3o5 said:I don't want to steal the thread but Dun you have unusual success at AI. I had an old friend of mine who bred 19 in a row before he had one come back in heat. That was on fescue as well. He believed in putting the semen just inside each uterine horn. Do you deposit the semen just past the last ring on the cervix or do you suscribe to his theory?
ollie":ue62uikj said:12 Hrs out of first standing heat?
ollie,ollie":2hfz67e1 said:I don't want to steal the thread but Dun you have unusual success at AI. I had an old friend of mine who bred 19 in a row before he had one come back in heat. That was on fescue as well. He believed in putting the semen just inside each uterine horn. Do you deposit the semen just past the last ring on the cervix or do you suscribe to his theory?
ollie":eggjle6k said:Do you thaw your semen in a water bath or under your arm.