It’s ewe insemination day. This is the insemination pipette. It’s a modified pig insemination device. It is carefully threaded into the ewe.
Ken had to hold all of the ewes in the chute. Without a squeeze, this was the only way to control them. It worked fairly well, all things considered.
Insemination is simple. We discovered that a maximum of two straws can be used. Otherwise, there is too big a volume of semen and extender. The live cover ewes are being bred by Kai. We won’t put a ram in the AI group for five weeks.
