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natural heat versus synch
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1071552" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Agreed :nod: We run 25 cows, and AI everything (or put in embryos) and MOST of our heats are natural. I look at my cows at least twice a day, ride the 4 wheeler out to pasture and just sit and watch for 20 to 30 min, with tail chalk on all open cows. We have yet to miss one, and have been doing this since 2007. Heats vary between 18 to 21 days in our herd, so I watch closely for the girls due in during that time. Having a young bull calf out with them really helps! We have two June calves, one a steer and one still a bull. That steer never looks twice, but that bull calf will tell me a cow is coming in 12 hours before I actually see any signs of heat. We start breeding for next fall calves on the 23rd of this month, and EVERY cow except one has cycled at least once since calving. I am set and ready to start AIing, just waiting for the week to pass! I always look forward to the next years calves after all the planned mating I do for each female in our herd. :heart: it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1071552, member: 18809"] Agreed :nod: We run 25 cows, and AI everything (or put in embryos) and MOST of our heats are natural. I look at my cows at least twice a day, ride the 4 wheeler out to pasture and just sit and watch for 20 to 30 min, with tail chalk on all open cows. We have yet to miss one, and have been doing this since 2007. Heats vary between 18 to 21 days in our herd, so I watch closely for the girls due in during that time. Having a young bull calf out with them really helps! We have two June calves, one a steer and one still a bull. That steer never looks twice, but that bull calf will tell me a cow is coming in 12 hours before I actually see any signs of heat. We start breeding for next fall calves on the 23rd of this month, and EVERY cow except one has cycled at least once since calving. I am set and ready to start AIing, just waiting for the week to pass! I always look forward to the next years calves after all the planned mating I do for each female in our herd. :heart: it! [/QUOTE]
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