farmerjan
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Past time for her to go and for you to start over with another one that is bred or has a small calf. Absolutely no good reason to wait 8 months from the first AI to the 2nd time...
You can also do a preg test with the milk.... Several of the dairies I milk test for do milk preg tests on the samples. If there is a dairy near you and you know them, ask them if they are on DHIA or DAIRY ONE milk testing... and in the future, maybe they could include a milk sample from your cow to just be preg checked. I know that DRMS has an office in Ames Iowa which would definitely be closer to talk to them and get advice about a possible lab near you that you could send a sample to... Lancaster DHIA PA has several different tests available to dairyman and I know that you could call them to see what they might be able to do for checking it.
Also... if you have someone doing the AI and they are pretty good at it, they could at least give you an idea after a couple of months by going in and checking... If you are catching a cow up to do AI then you can just as well catch her up to do a palpation...
There are urine preg test kits on Amazon for animals... the one I pulled up is $50+ and had 10 test strips in it....
Waiting all this time inbetween is a waste of your money with nothing to show for it.
You can also do a preg test with the milk.... Several of the dairies I milk test for do milk preg tests on the samples. If there is a dairy near you and you know them, ask them if they are on DHIA or DAIRY ONE milk testing... and in the future, maybe they could include a milk sample from your cow to just be preg checked. I know that DRMS has an office in Ames Iowa which would definitely be closer to talk to them and get advice about a possible lab near you that you could send a sample to... Lancaster DHIA PA has several different tests available to dairyman and I know that you could call them to see what they might be able to do for checking it.
Also... if you have someone doing the AI and they are pretty good at it, they could at least give you an idea after a couple of months by going in and checking... If you are catching a cow up to do AI then you can just as well catch her up to do a palpation...
There are urine preg test kits on Amazon for animals... the one I pulled up is $50+ and had 10 test strips in it....
Waiting all this time inbetween is a waste of your money with nothing to show for it.