farmwriter":prxfny6s said:
novaman":prxfny6s said:
I've seen several cows have a calf after being checked open. I would do a follow up just to be sure they are in fact open before you move them.
These should all have been @ least 4 mos bred, and our vet's been @ this longer than I've been alive, so I feel pretty confident in him. Only one I'll really miss is a fat as a tick tigerstripe that's really gentle; the others will be forgotten as soon as their check clears. Thank you for the suggestion, though.
It did make me feel good too that every cow that was born on our place and kept as a replacement is bred. Makes me feel like we are getting some things right.
Our vet has also been at this longer than I've been alive also. I respect him greatly. Unfortunitly, he has so much work and tries to run the cattle threw quickly that we have a lot of pregnancy errors. He also pregs for our local salebarn and we have purchased many bred cows that were WAY off.
I know you are going to sell the lot anyways. Just a thought. That's why I started practicing preg checking our own. Now I can check most anything and if I question my results I have bred dates and I send in blood work to double check my preg results. Saves lots of money and time.
Just what works for us.
Double R