Vet uses an ultrasound. Only arms the open cows to make sure. I can test them myself but I am way too slow.Do YOU palpate? Ohh your poor arm and shoulder.
7% open which is average for us. Another 7% that were outside our desired calving interval. We will likely sort some of the younger ones back in to herd and catch them up again. The rest are bred to calve in 35 days.Wow ! How many were open ? And how many bulls do you run ?
The country. Predators, terrain, feed quality, they all add up. We have never done better than 5. Maybe if our cut off date was Aug 1 and we had a 120 day calving period like some we could get it down to 2.What is the reason for 7% opens?
The country. Predators, terrain, feed quality, they all add up. We have never done better than 5. Maybe if our cut off date was Aug 1 and we had a 120 day calving period like some we could get it down to 2.