Are They Prego Or What?

[DenMacII]

We currently have 2 cows and a 6 month old bull calf on our 5 acres. We bred our original cow back on Sept. 2. Later in the month we sent a companion steer to the freezer, and our cow started balling for days once he left, so we went ahead and bought another cow, bred for a late April calf.

Today the two cows were acting like the summer of love with our new cow repeatedly mounting our original cow. On Sept. 2 our cow was definitely in heat, so today is about a week off if I track 21 day cycles.

What gives? Is it likely that either one of them is in heat?

Thanks as always for your insight.

[Karin L]

It certainly sounds like the original cow didn't settle. Usually the one that is being ridden is the one in heat. How was she bred, with AI or by putting her with a bull?

Not sure about the new cow, as I think she's just reacting to the hormone levels in your original cow and mounting the original cow. Better get them both preg-checked to make sure either one or both are open.

[DenMacII]

She was AI'd. Everything went real clean.

[Karin L]

There's usually a 60 to 70% chance that she'll take on the first try when AI'd, so it sounds like she didn't take when she was AI'd.

[DenMacII]

Well, we've sent our cow off to spend a little quality time with a friend's bull. This is a good time to wean our calf too, so we are resolving several issues at once.

[tallpines]

A story to share regarding -----
Are the pigs pregnant ot not?


A farmer had five female pigs. Times were hard, so he decided to take them to the county fair and sell them. At the fair, he met another Farmer who owned five male pigs. After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50. The farmers lived sixty miles apart. So they agreed to drive thirty miles each, and find a field in which to let the pigs mate.
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> The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 A.M., loaded the pigs into the family station wagon, which was the only vehicle he had, and drove the thirty miles.
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> While the pigs were mating, he asked the other farmer, "How will I know if they are pregnant?" The other farmer replied, "If they're lying in the grass in the morning, they're pregnant. If they're in the mud, they're not."
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> The next morning the pigs were rolling in the mud. So he hosed them off, loaded them into the family Station wagon again and proceeded to try again. This continued each morning for a week.
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> The next morning he was too tired to get out of bed. He called to his wife, "Honey, please look outside and tell me whether the pigs are in the mud or in the grass."

"Neither," yelled his wife, "they're in the station wagon and one of them is honking the horn.

[willow_girl]

Lol!