Just got some skinny goats

@OneFineAcre What does it cost to charge the tank? I am going by what my vet pays.

This young lady I know is having blast with AI. She has bought some cheap straws just for fun and is looking at them to see if any of the sperm is alive and some of the straws don't even have any. She says to make sure that you buy from a reputable source. She is also practicing on thawing the sperm canister without power, just in case that ever happens; she knows how long she has to hold it under her arm. She is getting very good. She had her own bucks collected and is using mostly those straws for this year, but her success rate is right around 90% if not higher. She is willing to do mine if I want to go that route, and I think she has a tank for sell too. She would also be willing to teach me how to do it. I have a year to think about it...
 
Goat Whisperer said:
For the potential fence jumper- I could just tell by his movements, how he acted when scared, and how he acted when he saw the does. Hard to really explain, but I can "read" goats the same way you read dogs, horses etc. I could just tell, sorry not great at explaining it. It's hard to put into words.
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Hence, "Goat Whisperer";)
 
Isn't shipping a really big AI cost? Do you have to ship your own tank?

And then the tank is very expensive. I wonder if one of the horse vets here has one to rent.

I think I could get the liquid nitrogen for free if we ever did this in the future.
 
babsbag said:
@OneFineAcre What does it cost to charge the tank? I am going by what my vet pays.

This young lady I know is having blast with AI. She has bought some cheap straws just for fun and is looking at them to see if any of the sperm is alive and some of the straws don't even have any. She says to make sure that you buy from a reputable source. She is also practicing on thawing the sperm canister without power, just in case that ever happens; she knows how long she has to hold it under her arm. She is getting very good. She had her own bucks collected and is using mostly those straws for this year, but her success rate is right around 90% if not higher. She is willing to do mine if I want to go that route, and I think she has a tank for sell too. She would also be willing to teach me how to do it. I have a year to think about it...
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I think it is around $70
It's really the trip charge more than the cost of the nitrogen, so if you have one of the ones that lasts 6 months, it's better.
If you are so inclined to take it somewhere to be charged, you could do away with the trip charge and be cheaper.

I think ours is actually a 6 month tank, but like I said, we've got more money in the tank than it's worth to find out.

The ones that hold more nitrogen, hold fewer straws of semen.
 
Green Acres Farm said:
Isn't shipping a really big AI cost? Do you have to ship your own tank?

And then the tank is very expensive. I wonder if one of the horse vets here has one to rent.

I think I could get the liquid nitrogen for free if we ever did this in the future.
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Most people that sell the semen have a shipper tank. It's a lot smaller. I don't think that shipping is that big of a cost.

We have bought semen from 3 bucks.
The first 2 we bought from Biogen, the company that collected our bucks, so no shipping. Just transfer from their tank to ours.

The other, we bought from a breeder who was at the state fair. He brought it with him.

You can plan and not pay shipping.
 
The tanks can be expensive but you can find used ones at a reasonable cost. For those people that want the "famous" genetics AI is the only way to go. I have a friend that is rebuilding her herd of LMs and using semen from goats she owned 20+ years ago; that is cool. Her herd was famous in its day, one of the leaders in LMs so it is fun to watch her rebuild this. Her herd name is Coastside.
 
@Goat Whisperer I have an odd request. If I went to see some bucklings, would you be willing to FaceTime with me to see if any were worth buying?
 
So rural king is having a 20% off on fencing sale. I'm considering getting enough fence to completely redo my property and cross fence. What's the cheapest gap I could get away with? I'm comfortable with a 4' fence as none of my goats are jumpers... but they do lean on the fencing a lot. And are tposts or wood a better buy? :rolleyes: I accidentally got goats and now they're taking over my life
 
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