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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1088920" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I do it myself, and we have a really good system making technicians available for seasonal calving dairy farmers - I worked with technicians on herds I managed and for the first year that I milked my own cows.</p><p>You can call the breeding company at breakfast time and tell them your bull's gone lame or you've got too many cows on heat for him to cope with and they'll get you someone there by lunchtime to breed your cows.</p><p></p><p>I do my own because it's easier to fit myself into my work routine, I get to focus on my breeding plan without confusing a second person who then either complains or makes mistakes, and the cows are more relaxed and better handled - no tail twitching or bleeding when I'm done, no reluctance on their part three weeks later or a year later.</p><p>There were eight on my course and I was the only one training to do my cows rather than as a tech... some of the others had been doing their own cows for years and now wanted to work for the breeding companies. I know a lot of guys who have trained and don't do it any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1088920, member: 9267"] I do it myself, and we have a really good system making technicians available for seasonal calving dairy farmers - I worked with technicians on herds I managed and for the first year that I milked my own cows. You can call the breeding company at breakfast time and tell them your bull's gone lame or you've got too many cows on heat for him to cope with and they'll get you someone there by lunchtime to breed your cows. I do my own because it's easier to fit myself into my work routine, I get to focus on my breeding plan without confusing a second person who then either complains or makes mistakes, and the cows are more relaxed and better handled - no tail twitching or bleeding when I'm done, no reluctance on their part three weeks later or a year later. There were eight on my course and I was the only one training to do my cows rather than as a tech... some of the others had been doing their own cows for years and now wanted to work for the breeding companies. I know a lot of guys who have trained and don't do it any more. [/QUOTE]
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