Leah does it again!

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justintime

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I just received an email from our ET center, that our donor Six S Leah 55L produced 31 grade 1 embryos by Saskvalley Pioneer 126P.The first natural calf she produced for us ( she was an outstanding brood cow in the Butterfield herd in AB for several years)was a bull calf by Star P Matrix, that topped our bull sale two years ago and sold to Texas. We flushed her 6 times in 2009 and she produced 162 grade 1 embryos for an average of 27 per flush. After the 6th flush she then settled to AI breeding less than a week later, which resulted in a Pioneer heifer that topped our fall sale last fall. An ET full brother to this heifer topped our bull sale this spring at $6900. She was flushed again in 2010 and she produced another 69 embryos to average 17 grade 1 embryos. ( her average was less as one flush resulted in several unfertilized embryos probably from a issue with semen). Now with today's 31 grade 1 embryos, this makes 262 that she has produced. If I could find a few more cows like this, I would only need to have a few cows to survive.

I have  posted her picture before, but here it is again for those who have not seen it. For those who think big cows can't  be easy fleshing, you need to see this cow. She pictured here in January on a -35 F day when she was wintered on nothing but hay. The second picture was taken in the fall on the same day we weaned her calf.
 

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