The term “flush” is very common in the livestock world. It is a standard procedure in the cattle side of things and is becoming more & more common in the goat world. If you’ve got a good female, then you better “flush” her. Likewise, crappy ones need “flushed” and sent to the sale barn. Good vs. Bad–Flushed or Flushed. Makes sense to me. <\/p>\n
I’m not an expert on ET flushes, donors, recips, program, protocol, etc. What I do know, is that I did one flush this past year. And it was successful. Schneberger handled everything. I just provided the donor, recips and the buck. He did the work. This was a PERFECT flush. I should probably quit right there. But, when the dice are hot, you keep rolling them. <\/p>\n
More and more people call, text, email, ask me about my thoughts on flushes. Let’s get it clear that I am NOT yet an expert. But I do have opinions. <\/p>\n
1–the donor needs to be in above average condition–not too fat, but really good shape. <\/p>\n
2–the recips need to be in really good shape. <\/p>\n
3–Whoever is doing the programming needs to do it right. Tight schedule.<\/p>\n
4–Recips?!–For myself, I want good looking females around here. I don’t want to have to look at a bunch of sale barn trash or spanish cross recips. I prefer proven does that are good mommas that just haven’t been able to raise a good one. So, we will help her out by transplanting some dang good emrbyos into her. Then her proven maternal traits will help raise some good goats.<\/p>\n
5–Flush a proven doe. I know that a lot of breeders have had success with flushing virgin does. I’m not questioning or discounting it. It just seems like a better deal to flush a proven doe\/cow\/whatever. But, for optimizing dollars, flush a proven rip and have a better idea what you are going to get. <\/p>\n
6–Live vs. AI–I don’t have an answer for this. I know that several breeders have had WAY GOOD luck with using fresh semen in AI flushes. Most like a live breeding. I do know that it is a very short list of recommendations when it comes to using frozen semen. <\/p>\n
7–No matter what you are doing, get the donor and recips climatized and in good health. Spend a little extra in order to try to optimize EVERYTHING. Feed, recips, management, etc. And if it doesn’t work, you’ll wish it would have. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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