cow pollinater
Well-known member
I use the sheaths with the insert already pushed down into the end of the sheath and one breeding gun for the whole bunch that I pull out and re-insert for each straw. I can carry up to thirty straws this way and get them all out in fifteen minutes with the same results as any other way that I've tried it.
In my opinion, semen handling and breeding techniques are less than ten percent of getting a cow pregnant ... The goal should be to improve the management to where nitpicky stuff like semen handling doesn't have a huge impact on your program. Some of the most succesfull breeders that I know drop canes when they move product, hold it out to long, use bulls that are known to have poor fertility, etc... But they work with well managed cows.
AI does work... Syncronization does work... Both have been proven a million times over. If they don't work for your operation, the finger needs to drift away from AI, sync protocols, the breeder, and turn squarely back at the management.
In my opinion, semen handling and breeding techniques are less than ten percent of getting a cow pregnant ... The goal should be to improve the management to where nitpicky stuff like semen handling doesn't have a huge impact on your program. Some of the most succesfull breeders that I know drop canes when they move product, hold it out to long, use bulls that are known to have poor fertility, etc... But they work with well managed cows.
AI does work... Syncronization does work... Both have been proven a million times over. If they don't work for your operation, the finger needs to drift away from AI, sync protocols, the breeder, and turn squarely back at the management.
