Today we brought a few of our older cows into the hospital pen so that we could start learning to breed cows. Breeding cows does not take the faint of heart as you need to put a long glove on your non dominant arm and insert it into the cows rear. This can get messy but we are trying to feel for the cervix because a cow that is in an active heat will have an enlarged cervix. Once we find that we will then insert the breeding gun which would hold the semen straw and deposit it just past the cervix and into the uterus for the best possible chances of that cow becoming pregnant. I found it quite interesting the amount of arm strength it takes in order to navigate inside the cow as my arm became very tired and sore rather quickly.
Today we shipped 5,788 gallons of milk and had one new calf.
Notice for tomorrow - I have a mandatory event to attend to on Friday which means I wont be at the barn and able to publish a post about my farm work for the day! As soon as I am able to I will provide information about my outside responsibilities until then enjoy this post and see you on next Monday.
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