BDGP selection

emaherx

High bike wrote: »

still waiting here and herd test in 2 weeks would be handy to get em before then

I need to get some cows out to grass at the weekend. Would be nice to get them before Saturday!

Count Mondego

You have to laugh at this. Bought a 4 star in calf heifer last year.

Seanhorse91

Count Mondego wrote: »

You have to laugh at this. Bought a 4 star in calf heifer last year.

Jesus that'd be tough to take😩

50HX

rang there to ask for hair samples instead of tags

was told wait til the tags arrrive by post then phone for the hair sample kit



i assume contract with tag supplier but even so..what a waste of money:mad:

KatyMac

50HX wrote: »

rang there to ask for hair samples instead of tags

was told wait til the tags arrrive by post then phone for the hair sample kit



i assume contract with tag supplier but even so..what a waste of money:mad:

I tried that last year and was told the same. Fierce waste of money. It is so much easier getting hair samples - just sneak up with pliers.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Count Mondego wrote: »

You have to laugh at this. Bought a 4 star in calf heifer last year.

I know it's a pain when an animal drops but the initial reliability was pretty poor.

Count Mondego

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

I know it's a pain when an animal drops but the initial reliability was pretty poor.

14% to 19% isn't that much of an increase in reliability.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Count Mondego wrote: »

14% to 19% isn't that much of an increase in reliability.

I'm on about the time of purchase reliability. You couldn't trust the reliability of stars of any animal when it's only 14% reliable.

Bellview

Count Mondego wrote:

You have to laugh at this. Bought a 4 star in calf heifer last year.

What was breeding .

tanko

Anyone got genomic tags lately??

Buford T. Justice XIX

tanko wrote: »

Anyone got genomic tags lately??

Thursday, tagged friday and posting tomorrow.

Mac Taylor

tanko wrote: »

Anyone got genomic tags lately??

Got nothing yet, at this rate I’ll have some of them sold. Going to ring them tomorrow.

Bellview

We will need a third ear soon if the genomic tags are made any larger. Got them last..tag next weekend

High bike

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Got nothing yet, at this rate I’ll have some of them sold. Going to ring them tomorrow.

Good luck with that Mac I rang two weeks ago and got a lovely lady who more or less told me to fook off and read the letter that was sent,anyway got the tags last thurs

annubis

tanko wrote: »

Anyone got genomic tags lately??

tags are gone back a while and tested, I see online one heifer has failed her sire test, had a feeling she wasnt who she should be, what happens in this case? ai man must have given her wrong straw

Buford T. Justice XIX

annubis wrote: »

tags are gone back a while and tested, I see online one heifer has failed her sire test, had a feeling she wasnt who she should be, what happens in this case? ai man must have given her wrong straw

Her sire will be changed and her genomic score will be calculated using the new sire to determine her stars.

It all depends on who the proper sire was. She may even improve

charolais0153

annubis wrote: »

tags are gone back a while and tested, I see online one heifer has failed her sire test, had a feeling she wasnt who she should be, what happens in this case? ai man must have given her wrong straw

Happened here once that the sire changed . the mother was served with PIO and 6 weeks later repeated and was served with RHI. She calved 9 months after rhi serve so we put down rhi but the calf was changed to pio.

annubis

charolais0153 wrote: »

Happened here once that the sire changed . the mother was served with PIO and 6 weeks later repeated and was served with RHI. She calved 9 months after rhi serve so we put down rhi but the calf was changed to pio.

bit weird at the moment, when i log into icbf the little indicator graph is showing at 99% with this girl showing as sire unknown, they havent updated her with another sire whether it will just take time or they just cant identify. she looks like an angus though, jet black so kinda interested to see what she is

bogman_bass

Got the tags today. Of course I was reading the herd test yesterday

patsy_mccabe

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Jusr deferred mine there till 2 April.

Is it too late to change them? :mad:

Edit - I changed them just there online. I think I did anyway.

TITANIUM.

annubis wrote: »

bit weird at the moment, when i log into icbf the little indicator graph is showing at 99% with this girl showing as sire unknown, they havent updated her with another sire whether it will just take time or they just cant identify. she looks like an angus though, jet black so kinda interested to see what she is

It might just take a bit of time or you'll be getting an incorrect parentage letter. It could be the case that a weanling might have beat you to it even though you AI'd her.

Sheep breeder

Got the tags today and tagged this evening and post tomorrow.