xbred
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don't be amazed my friend, isn't Satan prince of the earth ?
xbred":24qd8tzf said:don't be amazed my friend, isn't Satan prince of the earth ?
I'm not sure if I'm understanding this correctly. It takes 5 inseminations to breed a heifer?regolith":2n0y7o44 said:The sexed semen I've seen advertised is 4 - 5 times the cost of regular semen.
Most dairy folks here reckon on five inseminations for every heifer, I know my herd does it in four. So for the same cost, I get at least as many guaranteed heifers.
Confused me too - is this 5 times with reg semen?novaman":qyqjaxtn said:I'm not sure if I'm understanding this correctly. It takes 5 inseminations to breed a heifer?regolith":qyqjaxtn said:The sexed semen I've seen advertised is 4 - 5 times the cost of regular semen.
Most dairy folks here reckon on five inseminations for every heifer, I know my herd does it in four. So for the same cost, I get at least as many guaranteed heifers.
Yes, I meant to ask that also. I know when my Macho As U was collected, after freezing, he would pull 5 straws & thaw them. He would test one immediately, then 1 hour later test another, hr later another. He was totally amazed that Macho had 70% live viable sperm after 5 hours (shelf life). So, sounded to me at least "thawed" semen doesn't normally last very long. Sure never heard of anyone using "fresh" semen other than with horses.novaman":gdbcbb45 said:I was wondering the same thing as Jeanne but I'm also curious about the "fresh liquid straws". I had the understanding that semen had to be used in a very short order or would go bad without being frozen. Could you elaborate on how these liquid straws are kept viable?
I have to say I wouldn't be willing to let someone else decide what bull my cows are bred to. I wouldn't want to be stuck breeding similiar to what the neighbors are doing. I don't have a problem with the neighbors, but whether anyone wants to admit it or not, we are basically in competition with each other to breed and raise better animals. If I do a better job I get a bigger piece of the pie. This is a big driving force for me to strive at constant improvement.regolith":m08to2j7 said:http://www.lic.co.nz/lic_Premier_Sires.cfm (about the Premier Sires teams)
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&so ... Z&aq=f&oq=
http://www.side.org.nz/IM_Custom/Conten ... 20vish.pdf This one is a pdf file - if I read it slowly I might understand it, but it does indicate the role of LLL semen in the NZ dairy industry.
The key really is that almost all NZ dairy farmers are wanting to utilise the same bulls in a short space of time - that's what makes liquid semen worthwhile. Apparently it's much faster to use too - I'm not the only farmer who's discovered the only acceptable way of choosing what bulls to use is to train up and do it yourself, because the technicians hate fiddling around with frozen semen.
This is SO TRUE!!! well said!I don't have a problem with the neighbors, but whether anyone wants to admit it or not, we are basically in competition with each other to breed and raise better animals. If I do a better job I get a bigger piece of the pie. This is a big driving force for me to strive at constant improvement.
Could you explain further what you mean by 2 straws per AI?calbeef":7fxquf13 said:It works but you will probaly use twice as nuch, ie 2 straws per AI