Recent content by redsimms

Hoping that some of you Cow Cam veterans could help me out here... We have had a wireless camera system for going on to three years now, never really had issues with it. This summer though, we started having problems with some interference on the tv screen, so two days ago we were trying to...

There really are some fantastic red simmental cattle out there too people...

Just wondering if anyone has used this product and if you were happy with the results?

We are from Sask as well, we bought a camera system last year from Allen Leigh Security & Communications out of Manitoba. www.allenleigh.ca  They were fantastic to deal with and very helpful. The cameras are great too (we installed a pan/tilt/zoom outside to watch close cows and a pan/tilt in...

As far as Canadian bull sale bulls go. If you are buying bulls sight unseen it really is not in the sellers best interest to change the animal itself in any way. I mean really if you send a customer a bull that isn't like the one in the picture you are only asking for trouble for yourself. For...

Thanks.

Any one have a picture of this Harwood 209 bull?

I'm with BadgerFan on this one, you certainly do.

How much baking soda would you give them per feeding?

I have found a fair bit of discussion on this bull already but I am wondering if he has seen much use on PB Simmental females? If so please share your thoughts on the resulting calves. Thanks!

Now that you mention it I do recall that discussion. Will do a search...

I was just wondering if anyone knew for sure whether the semen used in a flush for Canada has to be Canadian qualified semen? Or does the semen really make a difference when importing embryos from the US into Canada?

The Donors get 8 shots in varying amounts 1 every 12 hours. Ending day 9 in the AM.  The dosages are tailored to each donor and vary. They also vary between embryologists. So best to see what your embryologist prefers and recommends.  Hope this helps. I wouldn't really attempt anything without...

This is our protocall to a T. Day 1- Insert CIDRS into recips and donors. Recips also get a shot of GNRH at this time. Donors a shot of Estradiol with Progesterone. (AM) Day 5- Start Folltropin shots on Donor. (PM) Day 8- CIDR's come out of recips and they get a shot of estrumate.(AM) Donors...

I was wondering this as well. I really hope there is...