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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 829003" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I've never personally used the paint but I do know a profesional breeder that has been in business for a long time that swears by it. His opinion is that you only have to touch up every few days instead of the daily chalk.</p><p>Personally, I've found the estrotech patches to be the best solution to heat detection where you can't chalk the cows every day. They read very similarly to chalk but don't require maintenance unless she scrapes up against a fence or something. </p><p>My concern with the paint is that some people may(as some of my relief breeders have done with chalk in the past) stop and look at a cow that is just starting to ride and since they can't make up their mind they'll cake the paint on thinking it will make a ride more obvious the next day but in reality the next day she'll look like everyone else in the herd since she's been ridden to where the extra looks like what everything else has... Remember, lack of paint/chalk/fully rubbed estrotech patch is NOT the defintion of estrus. You will have to watch them for true signs of estrus. </p><p>If you have a small amount of cows and are available to watch them for an half an hour or so in the mornings then ANY heat detection aid should make you look like the god of fertility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 829003, member: 14661"] I've never personally used the paint but I do know a profesional breeder that has been in business for a long time that swears by it. His opinion is that you only have to touch up every few days instead of the daily chalk. Personally, I've found the estrotech patches to be the best solution to heat detection where you can't chalk the cows every day. They read very similarly to chalk but don't require maintenance unless she scrapes up against a fence or something. My concern with the paint is that some people may(as some of my relief breeders have done with chalk in the past) stop and look at a cow that is just starting to ride and since they can't make up their mind they'll cake the paint on thinking it will make a ride more obvious the next day but in reality the next day she'll look like everyone else in the herd since she's been ridden to where the extra looks like what everything else has... Remember, lack of paint/chalk/fully rubbed estrotech patch is NOT the defintion of estrus. You will have to watch them for true signs of estrus. If you have a small amount of cows and are available to watch them for an half an hour or so in the mornings then ANY heat detection aid should make you look like the god of fertility. [/QUOTE]
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