Steer Planet - Show Steers and Club Calves Forum

i'm stayen with the estrotecht they already have the adhesive on them 

where does every one get there estro tecks at cause i cant find any where to order them besides sullivans

Use orange ground marking paint from Wal-mart. $5 will cover about 20 cows.

Love the Estrotect, but have a hard time keeping them on.  The calves like to pick on them until they get a good hold and rip them off.  Have to check several times a day and replace any missing ones.  Tried the glue that the sale barns use, but if its hot, the glue just gets slippery and they slide off.  I keep using the patches, because they show up really good from a distance when all is working as it should.  Any ideas out there on how to keep the calves off of them? Maybe a little hot sauce? Also, we get the patches from Select Sires cause they're close by.

We really like the Estrotec patches. If the cows are hairy yet it really helps to clip the area you are going to stick them to tight with the sheep heads. Only takes a couple seconds while they are in the chute and really helps. Sometimes we add a little tail adhesive to them also. We get ours either from our Genex or Accelerated Genetics rep.

Ron

I just bought a 50 pack of estrotect patches from Bovine Elite. I have not lost any and actually had the reverse effect as they rip up a bunch of hair as they stick so well for me. So I now take a sharp knife and cut the hair rite up next to the estrotect patch encase I need to put another patch on. But I like them alot and I use a poodle comb and comb all the dirt and debris out of the hair where I apply to patch and they stick very well, just press down firmly for 10 to 15 seconds and they stick well.