Big Muddy rancher
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I feel pretty good about our preg check today.
The cows we checked were the oldest and some thinner 1st and 2nd calvers and 40 Hfrs. out of the 40 Hfrs run with one yearling bull we had 4 open and out of the 110 cows we had 11. Now remember these older cows are cows left behind because of BSE and the border issue. I would have gladly culled any one that was open but since they were in calf i will try to treat them a little better and nurse another calf out of them hoping for our cull prices to pick up in the not to distant future,. I also put 4 cows down that were older and lame ect for the vet to take brain samples for the CFIA survalence program. The program is beating it's quota for this year and now with 3 cows I had tested last winter I will have about 2% of my herd tested for BSE.
I feel prety good about not testing the rest of the herd as opens should be a very low number.
The cows we checked were the oldest and some thinner 1st and 2nd calvers and 40 Hfrs. out of the 40 Hfrs run with one yearling bull we had 4 open and out of the 110 cows we had 11. Now remember these older cows are cows left behind because of BSE and the border issue. I would have gladly culled any one that was open but since they were in calf i will try to treat them a little better and nurse another calf out of them hoping for our cull prices to pick up in the not to distant future,. I also put 4 cows down that were older and lame ect for the vet to take brain samples for the CFIA survalence program. The program is beating it's quota for this year and now with 3 cows I had tested last winter I will have about 2% of my herd tested for BSE.
I feel prety good about not testing the rest of the herd as opens should be a very low number.