talldog
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What do you think a Vet would charge per cow to Ai ???
talldog":29p56fc1 said:What do you think a Vet would charge per cow to Ai ???
mnmtranching":3ufie7qt said:Vets have a minimum charge for farm visits. Mileage for example. You won't get a visit from a vet or a tech to bred a cow for $25.
milkmaid":9vht5cul said:mnmtranching":9vht5cul said:Vets have a minimum charge for farm visits. Mileage for example. You won't get a visit from a vet or a tech to bred a cow for $25.
I do... but then I only live 2 miles from the clinic.
I can't believe it would be worth $29 to do such a simple thing as AI a cow, especially when you bring her in. Add to that the fact that your only achieving 65-70% conception! I would have to believe that in most beef cows you would have considerably better percentage than that if everything is done properly. If I had to pay that much to have my cows bred artificially I would rather just run a bull. On second thought, I would take the money I pay the vet or tech and take an AI class and do it myself. It doesn't take long to recover the cost of the school.Farmgirl":1z80t7rn said:Our vet charges us $29 if during regular hours and we take them into the clinic. If after hours the cost is more. The vet stores our straws in their tank for free. We have had very good conception rates, 65 -70 % over several years. Sometimes we breed on natural heats and sometimes we sync. We have had almost as good a conception rate on syncs as on natural heats.
Farmgirl
novaman":b1qyce7c said:I can't believe it would be worth $29 to do such a simple thing as AI a cow, especially when you bring her in. Add to that the fact that your only achieving 65-70% conception! I would have to believe that in most beef cows you would have considerably better percentage than that if everything is done properly. If I had to pay that much to have my cows bred artificially I would rather just run a bull. On second thought, I would take the money I pay the vet or tech and take an AI class and do it myself. It doesn't take long to recover the cost of the school.Farmgirl":b1qyce7c said:Our vet charges us $29 if during regular hours and we take them into the clinic. If after hours the cost is more. The vet stores our straws in their tank for free. We have had very good conception rates, 65 -70 % over several years. Sometimes we breed on natural heats and sometimes we sync. We have had almost as good a conception rate on syncs as on natural heats.
Farmgirl
I know one man that took the AI course, started breeding dairy cattle and a year latter they were almost out of business because he didnt' get one in 50 bred.
regolith":1rg4ygoj said:I know one man that took the AI course, started breeding dairy cattle and a year latter they were almost out of business because he didnt' get one in 50 bred.
Wow. I would have thought luck would get him some.
My farm previous to this was one of twenty dairy farm entrances on the one section of the road - about five or six miles. Three of those farmers were AI technicians. I don't know how many had done the training to do their own herds - me, the girl who relief milked for me, the guy who farmed my surplus heifers for a year.
It's a good situation to be in. The techs work four hours a day during the mating season, but they're a phone call away at any time of the year.
talldog":4av2usor said:What do you think a Vet would charge per cow to Ai ???