Another calf for Carmelita?

Carmelita got a.i.ed the other day.  We used Hired Gun sexed semen on her.  Can't wait to see if it took!

Time for some ultrasounds!

Since my girls are in separate pens, and we don't have any way to check for heat on them like that,  we need to take Carmelita and Juicy and maybe Ayan for an ultrasound to see if they are pregnant or open.  Both Carmelita and Juicy are virgin heifers.  That means that neither one has ever had a calf.  I can't wait to see the results!  We've been talking about naming Apple Juice's first heifer calf Appletini and just call her TINI!  I can't believe I'm going to name her after an alcoholic drink, but it's just so darn cute!  She comes from a LARGE family of "Apples".

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Well, we got good news and bad news and worse news.  The good news is that Carmelita is pregnant.  The bad news is that we don't know if it's a heifer or a bull.  (Conventional semen was used on her.)  The worse news is that both Juicy AND Ayan are OPEN.  As Hutch, the ultrasound tech, would say, "Nobody's home."