Tried my hand at AI

[icandoit]

Well, we finally did it. Were trying AI on three of the cows to see how easy and well it worked out. For a rookie at AI, I made a cardinal mistake when the day before we projected their heat cycle was going to be, I opened the gates and let them out into the pasture. Bad mistake. I was luring them to the pens via cubes and that worked out ok. They got a little antsy after the second trip in. I should've known. Well, they go into heat and I go out to pen them again for the final time and boy O boy, they wern't going to have anything to do with those cubes or me.UH UH boy. I guess what I'm trying to write is "Don't let the cows out of the pen". Lesson learned

Dick

 

[sidney411]

They are smart about being trapped. Never fails they will go in when you don't need them to but when you want them in they will not come near you.

 

[Alan]

A while ago I had a cow with a mild case of pink eye I got her in the pen and in the chute the first time and gave her a big dose of LA 200. A few days later I tried to get her in the pen again for a second dose, she went two places at the same time... though a hot barbed wire fence and to the top of my cull list... all in one motion. :D

She also throws one of the smallest calves.

Alan

 

[curtis]

A friend of mind AI,ed 2 of his heifers yesterday, he was real proud of himself, he went to AI school last OCT. He,s 76 years old, i hope they settle.