trappersteve
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Plan on taking an AI course in January and was gonna try to learn as much as possible and was wondering if conception rate is better on synchronized cows or natural heat?
trappersteve":1wj1hs1o said:Plan on taking an AI course in January and was gonna try to learn as much as possible and was wondering if conception rate is better on synchronized cows or natural heat?
I agree with cow pollinator, if you have dairy cows that you are around everyday most of the day watching for natural heats might work great. At the dairy we use tail chalk and it works great. With our beef, we do some heat detectors and it works good. But, groups that are on pasture we will sync, just because we cant watch them and bring them in at many different times, they are synched once and sent back out with the clean up bulls.You can drive yourself batty trying to track heats all through breeding season. It just makes it so much easier to run everyone through the chute a few times on a set schedule and be done with it.
Steve, AI'ing is defiantly for you! Sounds like you have a pretty good plan taking shape. Good luck, and dont be discouraged at first when you start ai'ing. I know I was like what the .... the first few I tried in class, but with time the light bulb will come on and oh yeah this aint so bad. Oh, and I'm glad I'm not the only one that leaves my significant other to spend time with my cowsCowgirl I have only a few heifers and a cow and I spend more time with them than I spend with the old lady so that's why I was wondering. I have caught almost all their heats and wrote them down so I know pretty much when their coming in again that's one reason im taking the AI course
cowgirl_jenna":2vk7tvv4 said:Steve, AI'ing is defiantly for you! Sounds like you have a pretty good plan taking shape. Good luck, and dont be discouraged at first when you start ai'ing. I know I was like what the .... the first few I tried in class, but with time the light bulb will come on and oh yeah this aint so bad. Oh, and I'm glad I'm not the only one that leaves my significant other to spend time with my cowsCowgirl I have only a few heifers and a cow and I spend more time with them than I spend with the old lady so that's why I was wondering. I have caught almost all their heats and wrote them down so I know pretty much when their coming in again that's one reason im taking the AI course
Jenna