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<blockquote data-quote="Chocolate Cow" data-source="post: 1394923" data-attributes="member: 25265"><p>TCRanch-for what it's worth-I was a recip herd for a several years. I'd NEVER do it again and here's my reasons - you have a percentage of cows reject the embryo. I breed for 60 days. Those cows won't have a chance to rebred before bulls are pulled and those cows will go to town for no fault of their own, unless you feel you can afford to keep an open cow for a year. The protocol, when I played the game, was the earliest calving cows went into the program. You'll eventually harm your herd because all you're left to pick replacements-if you keep your own replacements-will come from the cows that calve in the bottom half, possibly the lower fertile females. </p><p>Bull calves have to stay intact. No implants at all, never ever. </p><p>Any sickness-pinkeye for example- is your responsibility. </p><p>Some calves can and will be rejected because of weight requirements or eye scarring. that pinkeye thing.</p><p>There is a good possibility you could be required to creep feed to meet target weight-that is your $$$. </p><p>Management is paramount-You must have a copy of the chute work when calving out the recip cows. Embryologist has to give you a copy of what was implanted in what cow so you can tag accordingly. Otherwise, it's a waste of everyone's time and money.</p><p> I expect there are changes but this is what I remember. Registered guys around here will kill for a clean recip herd. There's not enough money to make me want to do this to my cows ever again. If you're only interested in dollars, do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chocolate Cow, post: 1394923, member: 25265"] TCRanch-for what it's worth-I was a recip herd for a several years. I'd NEVER do it again and here's my reasons - you have a percentage of cows reject the embryo. I breed for 60 days. Those cows won't have a chance to rebred before bulls are pulled and those cows will go to town for no fault of their own, unless you feel you can afford to keep an open cow for a year. The protocol, when I played the game, was the earliest calving cows went into the program. You'll eventually harm your herd because all you're left to pick replacements-if you keep your own replacements-will come from the cows that calve in the bottom half, possibly the lower fertile females. Bull calves have to stay intact. No implants at all, never ever. Any sickness-pinkeye for example- is your responsibility. Some calves can and will be rejected because of weight requirements or eye scarring. that pinkeye thing. There is a good possibility you could be required to creep feed to meet target weight-that is your $$$. Management is paramount-You must have a copy of the chute work when calving out the recip cows. Embryologist has to give you a copy of what was implanted in what cow so you can tag accordingly. Otherwise, it's a waste of everyone's time and money. I expect there are changes but this is what I remember. Registered guys around here will kill for a clean recip herd. There's not enough money to make me want to do this to my cows ever again. If you're only interested in dollars, do it. [/QUOTE]
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