• Heat checking….

    ….as we get ready to implant our latest embryos from England.  We’re using our best cows for this project.  The CIDRs were pulled just last weekend and this was the first time we could detect heat. Of the 16 cows we’re prepping, 10 came into heat today.  Eight days from that point we’ll be implanting the embryos and then a tense time as we await the results. For our city friends: this is what we are looking for.  The 8-day clock starts running now. The embryos are waiting in a canister a few miles away…eggs that were fertilized in a mating of cows and a bull we selected for their conformation and…