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chin ball markers

  • 30-11-2010 12:18pm
    #1
    thewiseowl12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭


    Anyone have experience of using chin ball markers to detect cows in heat? Any recommendations as to brand/cost, or indeed any other way of doing it that doesn't involve watching them all day?!

    Many thanks.


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  • #2
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    I think chinballs only work on young bulls, I put one on an older bull a few years back and he stayed rubbing it off the ground until he broke one of the straps. It might be different if a bull was always used to it during the breeding season.

    just my 2 cents..

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #3
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    I got mine here;
    http://www.allivet.com/The-Kow-Ball-Chin-Ball-Marker-p/50027.htm

    At the time, 3 yr ago, it was about 1/2 the price of the local COOP.
    It's still in tact, but I had to repair it with a waist leather belt (Levi, I think) and some fishing line.:D

    Got the paint here though, mad dear too. Might be harder to get that overseas, as sending liquids and all that.

    Quality seems good to me. first one I had, so cant compare to others.


  • #4
    Cowmad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭Cowmad


    We will be using the chin ball again this year as we just done a job in a young bull to put with the cows and found it a great job.We got our chin ball in the local co-op store and also got the paint there.


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