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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1089487" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I did a course with one of the local companies and then worked for them for a couple of seasons. I had to give it up when I got poisoned at another job and couldn't move my muscles reliably - not so good when you want to get out of the way of a big cow and your legs are frozen! But by then I'd had lots of practice and for the last ten or so years I've only done my own cows. Some years there were up to 40ish, others only a handful, so I'm slower now, but the first one I did the other day felt so natural it was as if I'd not had a break, so I now feel quite confident in retaining the skill. </p><p></p><p>I just did a big cow in blazing sunshine; no frozen anything around here, other than the straw before it comes out. The bigger problem is keeping the cow cool while she waits for me to get ready. My cows are also being secret cyclers this season. I suspect I've missed some. Fortunately I don't have a stop date this year, so I can afford a couple of late calves if that happens.</p><p></p><p>In the daytime I often do the insems on my own; night time I prefer to have someone else there, to hold the torch and just in case something goes wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1089487, member: 5956"] I did a course with one of the local companies and then worked for them for a couple of seasons. I had to give it up when I got poisoned at another job and couldn't move my muscles reliably - not so good when you want to get out of the way of a big cow and your legs are frozen! But by then I'd had lots of practice and for the last ten or so years I've only done my own cows. Some years there were up to 40ish, others only a handful, so I'm slower now, but the first one I did the other day felt so natural it was as if I'd not had a break, so I now feel quite confident in retaining the skill. I just did a big cow in blazing sunshine; no frozen anything around here, other than the straw before it comes out. The bigger problem is keeping the cow cool while she waits for me to get ready. My cows are also being secret cyclers this season. I suspect I've missed some. Fortunately I don't have a stop date this year, so I can afford a couple of late calves if that happens. In the daytime I often do the insems on my own; night time I prefer to have someone else there, to hold the torch and just in case something goes wrong. [/QUOTE]
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