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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1848102" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If you are trying to do it on natural heats, even if you don't see them standing... when you see them getting restless or a little rowdy... BREED THEM.... if they are still showing signs 12 hrs later breed them again. 2 straws of semen 12 hrs apart is by far better than trying to time it to more exacting breeding. </p><p>All the time I did relief breeding for Select Sires, I got to where this was the best advice for small herd farmer owners... and some with a couple show animals... 2 breedings were alot more likely to get them settled... and was less handling than using all the different times through the chute for synching them. </p><p>And if they were wanting to be more sure of what they are settled to, we would use a totally different colored sire... mostly angus then followed by a hereford, on black heifers... because a hereford MOSTLY always put a calf on the ground with color as opposed to a black ang on black cow... Yes, I know the recessive gene thing... but this was a guideline for the owner of a few animals... </p><p>There is always DNA testing on calves born if registered or something...</p><p>I am not against synching, or different protocols.... just all according to conditions, sometimes just breeding twice is easier, less work, and often will catch many that you are not sure of their "stage of heat" cycle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1848102, member: 25884"] If you are trying to do it on natural heats, even if you don't see them standing... when you see them getting restless or a little rowdy... BREED THEM.... if they are still showing signs 12 hrs later breed them again. 2 straws of semen 12 hrs apart is by far better than trying to time it to more exacting breeding. All the time I did relief breeding for Select Sires, I got to where this was the best advice for small herd farmer owners... and some with a couple show animals... 2 breedings were alot more likely to get them settled... and was less handling than using all the different times through the chute for synching them. And if they were wanting to be more sure of what they are settled to, we would use a totally different colored sire... mostly angus then followed by a hereford, on black heifers... because a hereford MOSTLY always put a calf on the ground with color as opposed to a black ang on black cow... Yes, I know the recessive gene thing... but this was a guideline for the owner of a few animals... There is always DNA testing on calves born if registered or something... I am not against synching, or different protocols.... just all according to conditions, sometimes just breeding twice is easier, less work, and often will catch many that you are not sure of their "stage of heat" cycle. [/QUOTE]
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