Sexed semen beef sires

jfh

Hi,

i had a quick look through the NCBC sire list & i cannot see any sexed semen bulls, thought they were doing sexed semen beef bulls?
thanks

Future Farmer

jfh wrote: »

Hi,

i had a quick look through the NCBC sire list & i cannot see any sexed semen bulls, thought they were doing sexed semen beef bulls?
thanks

They have sexed KEZ - Capone, FTY - Lennon Frosty, SA2200 - Druide (expensive), plus I think a few sexed BB bulls....

jfh

Future Farmer wrote: »

They have sexed KEZ - Capone, FTY - Lennon Frosty, SA2200 - Druide (expensive), plus I think a few sexed BB bulls....

see what your saying regarding druide, 65 euro for sexed semen.

out of interest, does sexed semen much lower conception rates?

Future Farmer

Based on that Trial they ran a few years ago, about 7% less than normal. Really for heifers only, for most herds.

tanko

How much are the Capone straws?

Future Farmer

tanko wrote: »

How much are the Capone straws?

€38

welton john

jfh wrote: »

see what your saying regarding druide, 65 euro for sexed semen.

out of interest, does sexed semen much lower conception rates?

from my experienece conception was poor. off the top of my head ai'd 9 heifers with sexed last year only 4 kept. would usually get 80+% heifers keeping to first serve.hard enough catch sucklers bulling without added risk with straws

whelan2

Future Farmer wrote: »

Based on that Trial they ran a few years ago, about 7% less than normal. Really for heifers only, for most herds.

Used sexed on dairy cows and was very happy with conception rates

jfh

welton john wrote: »

from my experienece conception was poor. off the top of my head ai'd 9 heifers with sexed last year only 4 kept. would usually get 80+% heifers keeping to first serve.hard enough catch sucklers bulling without added risk with straws

I've got a teaser bull so hopefully he'll catch them

FeelTheBern

jfh wrote: »

see what your saying regarding druide, 65 euro for sexed semen.

out of interest, does sexed semen much lower conception rates?

Think that for Dovea the service with beef sexed semen twice price of normal service - 55 as opposed to 27. Which bulls they can use must depend on the fertility of the bull - as some of those with sexed semen available wouldn't be first choice for replacements - like EBY.

welton john

jfh wrote: »

I've got a teaser bull so hopefully he'll catch them

Be worth ago so,do you do your own ai? My plan for heifers this year is sexed fr first then 12 hours later an aa/sa. Will be interesting to see how it pans out

jfh

FeelTheBern wrote: »

Think that for Dovea the service with beef sexed semen twice price of normal service - 55 as opposed to 27. Which bulls they can use must depend on the fertility of the bull - as some of those with sexed semen available wouldn't be first choice for replacements - like EBY.

i notice that actually & was wondering why most of the options with sexed semen seem to be poor on replacement traits

Farrell

jfh wrote: »

i notice that actually & was wondering why most of the options with sexed semen seem to be poor on replacement traits

Think allot of work was done prior to stars (or current ones anyway), sure hadn't ABS invested lots on Sexed semen particularly Cameron Dalphin