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Heifer on heat 7.5 weeks after ai

  • 15-07-2014 7:30am
    #1
    Sam Kade
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    I have a heifer that was ai'd at the end of May that hasn't been on heat since until today :confused: Should I ai her again?


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  • #2
    royalmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭royalmeath


    Why wouldnt you?


  • #3
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Yes


  • #4
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    royalmeath wrote: »
    Why wouldnt you?
    Well the reason I asked is in case she went incalf to the first ai and this only a false heat there could be a chance that she could abort.


  • #5
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    I have a heifer repeating today myself after the 3 weeks. Smashing heifer but, as I've seen in the past the good ones can be hard to get in calf.
    My regular AI guy has very few repeats but when he's away and somebody is covering for him, repeat repeat repeat :mad:
    The other guys even look clumpsy doing it, compared to him.


  • #6
    john8984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭john8984


    yes go ahead and AI. her again. This type of repeat happens fairly often


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  • #7
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    I have a heifer repeating today myself after the 3 weeks. Smashing heifer but, as I've seen in the past the good ones can be hard to get in calf.
    My regular AI guy has very few repeats but when he's away and somebody is covering for him, repeat repeat repeat :mad:
    The other guys even look clumpsy doing it, compared to him.
    I feel your pain, my heifer is the biggest of the batch and instead of late feb calving she now could end up a late April calver :mad:


  • #8
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Well the reason I asked is in case she went incalf to the first ai and this only a false heat there could be a chance that she could abort.
    Can you use a bull, no danger of her aborting then.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #9
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Can you use a bull, no danger of her aborting then.

    No 100% Ai


  • #10
    ferger1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭ferger1


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    I have a heifer that was ai'd at the end of May that hasn't been on heat since until today :confused: Should I ai her again?

    Personally I wouldn't AI her again, shes just gone too late for a spring calver and shell be late every year from now on. Mart or factory job if it was me


  • #11
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    ferger1 wrote: »
    Personally I wouldn't AI her again, shes just gone too late for a spring calver and shell be late every year from now on. Mart or factory job if it was me

    I wouldn't agree. We were finished calving most yrs around 20th April. This year we had one 5 days into April and that was it.
    It is very possible to pull them back and we did.
    Although this yr we have 15 April calvers. But I'll get them back agaib


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  • #12
    Sam Kade
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    I wouldn't agree. We were finished calving most yrs around 20th April. This year we had one 5 days into April and that was it.
    It is very possible to pull them back and we did.
    Although this yr we have 15 April calvers. But I'll get them back agaib
    Exactly, she is a bought in heifer with a bit of british friesian in her so she would have a good chance coming back next year.

    I am going back into milk next year and that was the reason for leaving them until the end of may for March calving as I have no quota. Even though I got a letter from my adviser today saying that Coveney is bringing a scheme to give quota to new entrants so that they can send milk up April 1st 2015 :)


  • #13
    ferger1
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    I wouldn't agree. We were finished calving most yrs around 20th April. This year we had one 5 days into April and that was it.
    It is very possible to pull them back and we did.
    Although this yr we have 15 April calvers. But I'll get them back agaib

    It depends if your suckler or dairy. If your calf to weanling with suckler, that april born calf isn't probably strong enough for the sales in October, thus ull probably carry over winter. However the feb born calf is at a good weight and gone out the gap before the winter starts, therefore keeping winter costs down. The margins are too tight in sucklers.

    Its a different ball game for the dairy, you have the april calf plus the milk for the summer.

    Sorry I was looking at it from my own point of view!

    I


  • #14
    towzer2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭towzer2010


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    I have a heifer that was ai'd at the end of May that hasn't been on heat since until today :confused: Should I ai her again?

    Did you AI her?

    I had a similar story with one and I was going to sell her but neighbours bull in with her all night last night.


  • #15
    The Cuban
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭The Cuban


    I have them calving the year round and I`ll never refuse a calf from a cow no matter what month its born.
    I`d put her in calf asap, but I wouldn't be too bothered if she wasn't a spring calfer, you can class her as an early autumn calfer :D:D:D


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