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shufly

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Sorry somehow my computer posed this twice and I don't know how to remove it.
 

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shufly said:
I know that there are a million threads about calving ease but I am really stuck on what to order for semen and I just can't seem to decide so thought I would ask again.  I have 4 heifers to breed: a Dirty HairyXMaine, Eye CandyXMaineAng, I am LegendXAng and a SimAng.  All of these heifers are out of commercial MainexAng and SimXAng cows that I have never had to pull any calves from.  They weigh between 700 and 850 now.  We will be breeding them the 1st of June.  Should I go with Total Solution or something like Duff's Basic Instinct?  Has anyone ever heard of any problems with Total Solution on heifers?  Am I risking the well being of these heifers by thinking I can possibly get some saleable calves with their first calves?  I have a very small heard of 20 and need all the good, saleable, show calves as possible but when almost 1/4 of your herd is heifers this becomes even harder.

How easy is it to sell a dead calf out of a crippled heifer?
 
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