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Which do you find more difficult, AI or palp
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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 944418" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>I only do AI and have never papled so I don't know which is easier. The AI for me is easy or hard depending on the cow. I have had some that was as difficult as threading a needle with one hand, blindfolded in the bottom of a West Virginia coal mine at midnight when it came to passing the rod through. I have had others that you could just about throw the rod through sideways. It is very easy to get frustrated on the hard ones especially when she keeps trying to push your arm out and pinches the blood supply off and it goes numb. Sometimes it feels like it goes through when it doesn't. I ansle the rod up slightly upon removal so that the end of the rod rubs along the top of the rings in the cervix. If I feel 3 bumps I know for sure it was through. If not I sometimes load another straw and try again if I am not real sure it went through the first time. Even though I feel for the rod tip past the cervix I have had a couple of them fool me.</p><p></p><p>Most folks say heifers are easier to breed but I find that I have a hard time hanging onto that little cervix. My older cows have a real handfull of cervix which makes it easier for me to guide it over the rod tip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 944418, member: 1863"] I only do AI and have never papled so I don't know which is easier. The AI for me is easy or hard depending on the cow. I have had some that was as difficult as threading a needle with one hand, blindfolded in the bottom of a West Virginia coal mine at midnight when it came to passing the rod through. I have had others that you could just about throw the rod through sideways. It is very easy to get frustrated on the hard ones especially when she keeps trying to push your arm out and pinches the blood supply off and it goes numb. Sometimes it feels like it goes through when it doesn't. I ansle the rod up slightly upon removal so that the end of the rod rubs along the top of the rings in the cervix. If I feel 3 bumps I know for sure it was through. If not I sometimes load another straw and try again if I am not real sure it went through the first time. Even though I feel for the rod tip past the cervix I have had a couple of them fool me. Most folks say heifers are easier to breed but I find that I have a hard time hanging onto that little cervix. My older cows have a real handfull of cervix which makes it easier for me to guide it over the rod tip. [/QUOTE]
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