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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1848669" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Not sure why you would be bummed out that she was not showing any major signs.... If she had good discharge when tech bred her, that is as good a sign as any. Many dairies are not seeing the obvious signs in their cows and using the newer detectors which measure the amount of activity of the animal... restless, walking, and such... and breed without ever seeing them stand many times. </p><p>Showing major signs are no guarantee they will be more likely to settle. </p><p></p><p>In my opinion, if they bleed off they are more likely to NOT have settled.... I see next to no bleed off in heifers that settle.... </p><p></p><p>Had a dairy with a show heifer they could not get settled... full heats, standing, vet said there wasn't anything that he could find wrong. We put her out to pasture with our angus bull, saw him breed her, then she jumped the fence and got into another pasture, got bred by that bull a couple times... Moved that group and put her in with another group, and another bull is breeding her again. Then had the neighbors bulls tear up fences and she was with those 2 for another month or so.... She never settled... They sold her finally after hitting over 3 yrs old, and never having a calf....with every sign of a normal heat... and vet said she had a CL on her ovaries and everything felt normal... So they don't all breed no matter what....</p><p>Hope they will settle now even if the heats are not what you think they should be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1848669, member: 25884"] Not sure why you would be bummed out that she was not showing any major signs.... If she had good discharge when tech bred her, that is as good a sign as any. Many dairies are not seeing the obvious signs in their cows and using the newer detectors which measure the amount of activity of the animal... restless, walking, and such... and breed without ever seeing them stand many times. Showing major signs are no guarantee they will be more likely to settle. In my opinion, if they bleed off they are more likely to NOT have settled.... I see next to no bleed off in heifers that settle.... Had a dairy with a show heifer they could not get settled... full heats, standing, vet said there wasn't anything that he could find wrong. We put her out to pasture with our angus bull, saw him breed her, then she jumped the fence and got into another pasture, got bred by that bull a couple times... Moved that group and put her in with another group, and another bull is breeding her again. Then had the neighbors bulls tear up fences and she was with those 2 for another month or so.... She never settled... They sold her finally after hitting over 3 yrs old, and never having a calf....with every sign of a normal heat... and vet said she had a CL on her ovaries and everything felt normal... So they don't all breed no matter what.... Hope they will settle now even if the heats are not what you think they should be. [/QUOTE]
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