Holsteinfriesian90
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- Cornwall
Anyone used Emslies Galileo?
AI Bulls
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pat kcotnit
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- Oot and aboot
Yes. Good stretchy calves with more height than hamlet. Not as extreme as hamlet though. Good enough bull.
choochter
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- aberdeenshire
Did you weigh this calf at birth, Bob?
muleman
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Just had 2 calve so far.....one went 7 days over, the other 16 days over
That might be a Limi thing,but then again what else would you expect from Cogent semen?
muleman
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Why will it make a difference which AI company it is from?!
We Genus LIM bulls and they are all usually 5 to 15 days over gestation . We've used Lodge Hamlet over these last 2 years and we can't fault the quality of calves and ease of calving. Highly recommend, produces uniformed quality stock. We've also used Galilleo and Carmon Dauphin. Dauphin would be a close second to Hamlet from what we saw. Lodge Hamlet son in photos.
Long Bull
All Genus semen,tried& tested.In a nutshell,Some AI companies will do a calving survey on their Bulls,before you n me get chance & then follow em thru to slaughter if there not good enough they die no messing. Some just buy a bull coz it mum won aprize at a show,so it must be a good"n...................Bit like a swale????? ha ha.
muleman
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Oh right i see,genus will maybe kill a bull if its hair isnt hard enough haha
choochter
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- aberdeenshire
I don't understand why folk would just buy straws just from any old bull that the ai company happens to have. All the AI bulls I use have been specifically selected for a specific job for now or in the future, bought in advance and stored with the AI man. The whole point of me using AI on the herd is that I choose a suitable bull for the specific cow/heifer.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Cornwall
I’ve used a fair bit of young bulls from cogent. Used a lot of tomschoice jet and had some cracking calves now started calving to lacette some stretchy calves among them too. I quite like filling out the calving surveys plus at £4 a straw they are ideal for sweeping up.
Haydn Lloyd
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4 quid a straw for what
Think Tomschoice lims are Keen on easy calving/short gestation lines.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Cogent young bulls.
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
What are folks thoughts on Woodhall Ferrari?
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
Starting to inseminate cows tomorrow after Friday’s estrumate jag. 2 standing at tea time, one almost standing and another trying to join the party.