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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1823279" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Well, I just got the royal brush-off from my bull guy. He has a big ranch. It's not like he doesn't know how to handle cows, he's been surrounded by cattle his entire life, but he made some pretty weak excuses for why I wouldn't be able to bring Molly over for breeding this year. He was willing to have her come over last year, but that was before she jumped the fence and joined the neighbor's herd when she was in heat. Maybe he's been talking to some of you that were convinced that Molly was a wild and dangerous animal, I dunno. He didn't come right out and SAY he was afraid of her, but since he didn't, I didn't get a chance to explain how she is now. Whatever. But as bad as that news was to take, at least he referred me to a guy who does AI. I MUCH prefer live cover, but if that's not available, then AI is all that's left, right?</p><p></p><p>When I first got cows, there was no one who did AI (for other people, they do it for their own cows sometimes), and that's how I ended up taking my girls over to the Angus guy. I've been taking my girls over there since 2008, every year... Oh, well. I did call and talk to the AI guy and he <em>seems </em>to know what he's doing, but I'm a complete newbie at it, so how could I tell if he was BS-ing me or not? I just hope it works. The good part is I wouldn't have to load and haul Molly and her calf over and back each year, and since I prefer a fall calf, it means breeding in December-ish, and the weather is iffy that time of year, so AI would solve those problems. But I've heard the conception rate with AI is much less than live cover. I think I only had two misses with live cover in all the cows and trips to the bull over the past 15 years. The AI guy says he wants to use a CIDR and shots, to make a for-sure time for insemination. Does that work as well as he makes it sound?</p><p></p><p>She has completely silent heats now. No more running the fence line, yelling for a boyfriend. For a while after she calved, she'd pee in the milking stanchion when she was in heat, or lean and sway back and forth and just be "fussy," but now she doesn't do anything like that. I don't even get a swat to my head with her tail. She is so perfectly behaved now, it's hard to believe she's the same cow. So I guess the CIDR (or two hormone shots?) would be necessary, since I'm not sure what day she's actually in heat. Joe usually tries to mount her when she is, but the last time, he didn't, or I didn't see it, so I don't even know which day it was.</p><p></p><p>I just hope AI is all it's cracked up to be. I'd really like her to be pregnant by winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1823279, member: 8202"] Well, I just got the royal brush-off from my bull guy. He has a big ranch. It's not like he doesn't know how to handle cows, he's been surrounded by cattle his entire life, but he made some pretty weak excuses for why I wouldn't be able to bring Molly over for breeding this year. He was willing to have her come over last year, but that was before she jumped the fence and joined the neighbor's herd when she was in heat. Maybe he's been talking to some of you that were convinced that Molly was a wild and dangerous animal, I dunno. He didn't come right out and SAY he was afraid of her, but since he didn't, I didn't get a chance to explain how she is now. Whatever. But as bad as that news was to take, at least he referred me to a guy who does AI. I MUCH prefer live cover, but if that's not available, then AI is all that's left, right? When I first got cows, there was no one who did AI (for other people, they do it for their own cows sometimes), and that's how I ended up taking my girls over to the Angus guy. I've been taking my girls over there since 2008, every year... Oh, well. I did call and talk to the AI guy and he [I]seems [/I]to know what he's doing, but I'm a complete newbie at it, so how could I tell if he was BS-ing me or not? I just hope it works. The good part is I wouldn't have to load and haul Molly and her calf over and back each year, and since I prefer a fall calf, it means breeding in December-ish, and the weather is iffy that time of year, so AI would solve those problems. But I've heard the conception rate with AI is much less than live cover. I think I only had two misses with live cover in all the cows and trips to the bull over the past 15 years. The AI guy says he wants to use a CIDR and shots, to make a for-sure time for insemination. Does that work as well as he makes it sound? She has completely silent heats now. No more running the fence line, yelling for a boyfriend. For a while after she calved, she'd pee in the milking stanchion when she was in heat, or lean and sway back and forth and just be "fussy," but now she doesn't do anything like that. I don't even get a swat to my head with her tail. She is so perfectly behaved now, it's hard to believe she's the same cow. So I guess the CIDR (or two hormone shots?) would be necessary, since I'm not sure what day she's actually in heat. Joe usually tries to mount her when she is, but the last time, he didn't, or I didn't see it, so I don't even know which day it was. I just hope AI is all it's cracked up to be. I'd really like her to be pregnant by winter. [/QUOTE]
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