Cows 'n grass
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- Modbury, South Devon
Just an update on how things went with the estrotect patches, applied with additional glue. No problems - all staying on. Used sexed semen for most of the first round.
Fantastic in the first round, very clear and obvious when they were bulling - like they were wearing high vis vests! Was also reading the tailpaint on them and thst was very hit and miss - wouldn't have liked to just rely on that.
Second round, patches stayed on but they were a lot less obvious. Maybe more chin rubbing and tail swooshing. Fewer cows active so less obvious rubbing. We'll consider using a teaser for the second round next year.
Just had figures through from tech and it's 99% 3 week submission rate (found one freemartin), 6 week non return rate at 71%. Hope the scanning follows suit.
Will be using estrotect again next year.
With results like that is it worth bothering with a second round? Did you put bulls in after 6 weeks?