Whats in your AI tank??

[Whitepeak]

Had a nitrogen top up this week and have had 3 lots of semen float out of there goblets. Never had it happen before on a top up. How do you go about rescuing the straws?

We had some do that once, we rang the company doing the top ups and they came back out. Emptied the flask into their flasks, tipped the flask out to retrieve the straws and then filled it back up again.
I’ve heard it’s surprising how many straws are floating around in most people’s flasks without them knowing. So a flask at a sale is always worth a punt just in case never know what gems you might find

 

[M-J-G]

It's not just the straws it's the whole plastic things the straws sit in the canisters.

I thought that's what I may have to do.

Yeah it's normally the plastic goblets that float when not packed properly, straws themselves aren't normally buoyant in N.

If they are packed properly they won't float.

 

[organicguy]

We had to change flask this year. had it drained and found 20 straws going back nearly 30 years, so we had lottery services this time as could not read straws until they were thawed.
Had two pots float off in new flask already !!

 

[bob_01]

Does anyone know if huntershall gladiator is easy calving? His pedigree certificate looks easy calving enough but just wondered if anyone has any calves on the ground.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Had a nitrogen top up this week and have had 3 lots of semen float out of there goblets. Never had it happen before on a top up. How do you go about rescuing the straws?

From time-to-time I have to rescue lost straws from tanks. Ask a local Ai tech.

 

[watcher72]

Flask was tipped yesterday.


Found the 20 straws I knew I had lost but also some
Alford Omar limousin
Oman McCormick Holstein

Bonus

 

[Purli R]

Does anyone know if huntershall gladiator is easy calving? His pedigree certificate looks easy calving enough but just wondered if anyone has any calves on the ground.

Dont quote me on this one but dont think its as easy as youd think?

 

[bob_01]

@Purli R cheers. Perhaps best saved for cows then. Saw a nice little bull by gladiator at Carlisle red ladies sale, so picked a few straws up while ordering our blue straws. Just bought 4 Broomfield recency at a tenner a straw.

 

[AGN76]

@Purli R cheers. Perhaps best saved for cows then. Saw a nice little bull by gladiator at Carlisle red ladies sale, so picked a few straws up while ordering our blue straws. Just bought 4 Broomfield recency at a tenner a straw.

I love regentcey, such docile progeny

 

[pat kcotnit]

Dont quote me on this one but dont think its as easy as youd think?

Would agree with your comments on gladiator calving ease. Would also say it is a bull that throws calves that are either a hit or a miss, I.e. you can get a very good calf (ceserean in our case) , but also some very plain calves, on our cows anyway.
I would class a good bull as one that consistently throws mostly good calves (not necessarily exceptional calves), not one that throws the odd good one like gladiator has with us.

 

[Johngee]

Would agree with your comments on gladiator calving ease. Would also say it is a bull that throws calves that are either a hit or a miss, I.e. you can get a very good calf (ceserean in our case) , but also some very plain calves, on our cows anyway.
I would class a good bull as one that consistently throws mostly good calves (not necessarily exceptional calves), not one that throws the odd good one like gladiator has with us.

He's probably got one copy of a double muscle gene, so have the calves will be double muscled and the other half won't.

 

[Paul E]

so picked a few straws up while ordering our blue straws.

Anything interesting????

 

[bob_01]

@Paul E just had tenace de la praule and tried astrics jj to see if he's as easy calving as his reputation suggests.

 

[AGN76]

I'm going to buy some more Lodge Hamlet before long, I have a healthy stock but as he's 7 this year if he pops his clogs his price will shoot up

 

[shearerlad]

I'm going to buy some more Lodge Hamlet before long, I have a healthy stock but as he's 7 this year if he pops his clogs his price will shoot up

I’m thinking the same. £11.60 was the price from genus about a month ago.

 

[AGN76]

I’m thinking the same. £11.60 was the price from genus about a month ago.

Is that maximum discount?

 

[shearerlad]

Is that maximum discount?

Yeah. £16 list price

 

[AGN76]

Yeah. £16 list price

Nice. I imagine he'll be £25 ish when he departs.

 

[pat kcotnit]

I'm going to buy some more Lodge Hamlet before long, I have a healthy stock but as he's 7 this year if he pops his clogs his price will shoot up

We were going through autumn calves last two days and have some very good hamlet calves. Other good calves were from Tweeddale Lennox. Small, easy calved at birth. If anything nothing fancy at all. Roll on 5-6 months later and they have fairly filled out. Almost as good as hamlet calves. The big benefit to us is Lennox has good maternal traits (maternal calving ease, milk) as we keep our own replacements. (Hamlet definitely does not have good milk figures). They also look as if they have better growth potential than hamlet.

 

[AGN76]

We were going through autumn calves last two days and have some very good hamlet calves. Other good calves were from Tweeddale Lennox. Small, easy calved at birth. If anything nothing fancy at all. Roll on 5-6 months later and they have fairly filled out. Almost as good as hamlet calves. The big benefit to us is Lennox has good maternal traits (maternal calving ease, milk) as we keep our own replacements. (Hamlet definitely does not have good milk figures). They also look as if they have better growth potential than hamlet.

Interesting about Lennox, I'll look him up.
My Hamlets are all power, but you are right about the growth. I won't retain any as I'm told Hamlet's sire had poor legs/feet