Canesister's 2025 journal - Bushel & Peck Farm

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Any news on the "breeding the cow" situation?
I haven't seen definate In Heat behavior in a long while.
I've tracked when it should be happening on the calendar so I'll know when to watch closely & maybe to pull her into the stalls to check her rear end.
 

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If she is not settling, how about using some of the hormone tags to bring her into estrus and lengthen her seasons? I have never used them but I know that some people have to bring seasonal breeding sheep into estrus when they needed to lamb in a certain month.
She's never had trouble settling before. She bred earlier this year, on the first try. But then she lost the calf a couple of months later. Most likely because she was way past due for vaccs & had likely been exposed to some things from visiting deer herds. ☹️
Vaccs updated & boosted.... temps much cooler.... ready to try again. 👍
 
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