As I pulled up to the gate yesterday coming home from work, I saw our cows out in the pasture acting a little weird. We know Pumpkin is due to come into heat soon as her cycle should be starting again after her calving. The thing to watch for is "standing heat", in that the cow in heat has to stand still and let the other cow mount her. Well, sure enough I saw it.
We marked our calandar and called our AI guy. He said he likes to come out within 12 hours of standing heat. He checked his schedule and determined he was too busy to make it over here today. He offered to give her a hormone shot which would throw her back into heat a week and a half earlier than normal. We opted to just wait until her next heat which should be within 18-21 days. The only problem with that is that he might be busy again when we call him. In that case we'll do the hormone shot so he can actually add us to his schedule.
We'll probably have her bred to a low birth weight Angus bull, like we did Chloe, since we'll be raising the calf for meat.
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- I am a novice homesteader, husband to a beautiful godly woman, dad to four little blessings, and servant to a holy God. Our goal is to glorify God in all we do, live a more simple and richer lifestyle, grow our own food, and grow closer together as family.
2 comments:
Is Chloe pregnant?
What is a low birth weight Angus bull?
Mom
We don't know. We sent her blood test in and they said it was inconclusive and suggested another test. We might have drawn blood too early.
A "low birth weight Angus bull" is a bull that had a low birth weight, relative to other Angus bulls, when it was born. His calves should have low birth weights as well, which will make it easier for a smaller Jersey cow to calve.
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