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suckler AI heat detection

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  • 26-05-2010 11:36pm
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    Waddy
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    tinkin of seperating d last of the late calvers leavin d calves in d shed and leavin the cows to grass each day and they can be got in twice to suckle but afraid d calves will suffer. it brings d cows bullin quicker does anyone know anything about this??


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    LivInt20
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    Waddy wrote: »
    tinkin of seperating d last of the late calvers leavin d calves in d shed and leavin the cows to grass each day and they can be got in twice to suckle but afraid d calves will suffer. it brings d cows bullin quicker does anyone know anything about this??

    yea that works only letting calves suck twice a day, brings cows calling quicker


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    pakalasa
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    I tried this 2 yrs ago. To be honest I didn't think it was worth the hassle, especially if you are working off the farm. They (teagasc & co) say it brings forward the cows by about 2 weeks.

    I ran a young vasectomised bull this year with a chin-ball marker. To me this is the best of all, if you are AI'ing sucklers. So far he has brought them all forward by about a month on average. Some came bulling 4 to 5 weeks after calving.The fine weather helps too I'm sure, and I also fed them a bit better over the winter so they were in better condition, come bulling time.


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    tismesoitis
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    pakalasa wrote: »
    I tried this 2 yrs ago. To be honest I didn't think it was worth the hassle, especially if you are working off the farm. They (teagasc & co) say it brings forward the cows by about 2 weeks.

    I ran a young vasectomised bull this year with a chin-ball marker. To me this is the best of all, if you are AI'ing sucklers. So far he has brought them all forward by about a month on average. Some came bulling 4 to 5 weeks after calving.The fine weather helps too I'm sure, and I also fed them a bit better over the winter so they were in better condition, come bulling time.
    +1 could'nt agree more.


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