As I was doing some paperwork today I remembered about this Ai'ing video. It is very informative. Gene Baker does the video.
http://www.showcattlepage.com/Baker%20AI%20Video
http://www.showcattlepage.com/Baker%20AI%20Video
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Thanks rgv4! I will go to his website and check it out.
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rgv4, I ordered the tape you recommended. It did give me information of what is going on before I attempt to do it. A rancher close by said that it won't be long until he will be AIing some of his cows. He told me that he would call when he was ready to do it so I could go to his barn and observe. He said that he would help me. After watching the tape, it will not make me wonder what is going on inside the cow. Thanks for the information.
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good idea, but if you can, i'd still recommend taking a class. it's a whole 'nother ball game from watching to a.i.'ing. i'm not sure about all classes, but the one i took had auction barn cows lined up to practice on.
A training aid that they gave us before we first tried to get into a cow was a corn cob with a hole through the middle and a sleeve rubberbanded over it. Kind of made a cervix/vagina feeling thing. Without looking we had to be able to straighten out the glove enough that we could pass a pipette through the hole. Amazed me that some people never got the ability to do even that simple thing. None of them ended up graduating either, so I guess it had a valid use.
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This is my experience.
The AI manual, video, and hands on experience from someone that Ai'd for years, is how I learned to AI. And I will have to say that I am about 95% accurate on pregnancy. The other 5%, is chalked up to missing the standing heat. It's not really all that difficult.
But this is what worked for me, you just need to figure out what would be the best for you.
The AI manual, video, and hands on experience from someone that Ai'd for years, is how I learned to AI. And I will have to say that I am about 95% accurate on pregnancy. The other 5%, is chalked up to missing the standing heat. It's not really all that difficult.
But this is what worked for me, you just need to figure out what would be the best for you.
i am going to a class in november at harrison, ar. ABS sponsered, finding a tank is the big thing for me. i know a couple of people who have them and they are full because they share with other people.
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jcarkie, Harrison is not all that far from here. If you don't mind, could you give me a few details about the school. Do they have a website?
Chuckie I don't know what part of tennessee you are in, but Select Sires had a place in Springhill(between Columbia and Franklin). Also, you could contact Tennessee Cattle Association for AI schools/company reps. The Beef Agribition(Murfreesboro) usually has a number of AI reps at the trade show.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
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Years ago when I was learning how to a.i. the man teaching me made me go to the slaughter house and get an in tact female tract, practice threading a a.i. gun through it then disecting it so I would know what I was feeling and conversly know what I was looking at. I needed know further training than what he taught me and what I got at the slaughter house.
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that's a heck of a good idea ollie, I might have to try that at some point, my only problem will be my hands are too big to do it well.
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Bamabeef, I am close to Jackson Tennessee. I will check out the programs that you listed. Sounds like I am getting closer to home now! Thanks! Chuckie
If your in Jackson Tn. check out Cottage Farms Genetics , here is their web site.Chuckie":1ync3qyp said:
http://www.cattletoday.com/cottage_farm_genetics/
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WORANCH, They are closer than the nearest Wal Mart Supercenter!! :lol: Thanks for telling me about them. I am going to call them and find out if they have a school. That would be perfect if they did and as close as they are, I could be home in less than an hour.
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WORANCH, Cottage Farm Genetics doesn't have AI classes. She said they did about 5 years ago. I'll kep looking/
