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I think the time has come to try and move forward with our sheep to try and improve our recording have been looking online and see the Agri dent apr600 with TGM software look best to suit our needs but with absolutely no experience of these things any advice is appreciated! What we want to be...

Hi- how do people do this? I'm lambing about 350 ewes. I want to be able to link lambs back to their mothers as they grow/finish. I use an EID reader thing, but not a weigh crate etc. I'm only planning to record numbers weaned/ date slaughtered. I'm not planning to weigh every fortnight. I...

Scanning 60 Gotland ewes next week. What will be the best spray to mark them up with?

Looking at Uniform to link to parlour and collars. Looks very expensive as add ons are needed to make it all work. What are peoples experiences, as I know that there are other options. Thanks

looking at ordering tags for next year , always used set tags since the rd2000 days ,but quality is dropping (breaking a lot and numbers get hard to read after a few years ) looking at shearwell combi 3000 minis , are retention ok ? quite like the fact they look easier to read ,

We don’t have many sheep (30-40 ewes with lambs is the most we’d need to pen at once)but at the moment if I want to pen anything up we use bog standard 6ft looped hurdles, which are a pain to drag etc. I want to buy a few new hurdles to make life easier, so looking for recommendations on what to...

None of them are what they could be ime. what are the differences, how can they be improved what is your experience /wish for them accepting that we are stuck with the actual use of them, that is.. So that if they so wished, to make their product better for the sheep (and the shepherd )...

Need to order tags for breeding ewe lambs. Have been using Shearwell set tags which are ok, have used Roxan tag faster as I like the matching coloured tip on the yellow tag so that you can tell how old they are if they loose the secondary but dont get on with their auto tagger. As I'm getting...

Had a tag pull out of a calf and ordered a replacement After the order (always have to pre-pay for usual orders) I received an email for £3.66 for post and packing (£3.11 + VAT) Queried this and was told the policy changed in January, you still get the free replacement tag but postage is...

Supposed to be the correct one but breaks back before the tag is inserted into the other tag. Not the 1st applicator that's not fit for purpose I've had here , making the job really stressful and a bucket full of damaged tags, happens a lot on replacement tags as well, can anybody recommend a...

anyone got any suggestions for a decent tag pen that wont wear off for names on the cows tags

Would suit a young person looking to work, gain experience of a different system, and travel What’s on offer: Seasonal calving experience, 680 Kiwi Cross cows calving down outside, August – October. Modern set up with rotary parlour, Allflex collars, happy cows The job is primarily to rear our...

https://www.shearwell.co.uk/turbo-tagger I have one of these at the moment but find it a frustrating tool. The tags jaws are not opened up enough to easily go on the sheep's ears. So,a lot of faffing about trying not to dislodge the tag before closing it up. I still have the older style...

For those of you that like a good whinge and are forever ungrateful (they're not paying enough-- why doesn't it cover ''x , y & z''---how can farmers ever survive etc etc etc) Here's the latest link to the 2023 Farming Equipment & Technology Fund FETF 2023 Enjoy :giggle:

Does anyone know a manufacturer that produces a light weight flexible RFID sheep/lamb ear tag in HDX? Something similar to the Allflex Bubblegum tag, which is FDX-B.

Has anyone used the flockwatch app? Feedback/Thoughts? https://flockwatch.com/

Hi I have a herd of sixty cows and I have decided I want to get on top of diseases and find out exactly what issues I have in my herd. I plan to start with BVD, but I’m a little confused about the testing, which is the reason I haven’t done it in the past (although I did do 20 animals about 10...

AHDB have recently launched two new strategic dairy farms. However, these farms come with a twist. They will focus on demonstrating how to run an efficient and profitable dairy business, while also reducing your carbon footprint. Joining the programme are Howard and Tom Pattison, who run Willow...

I’ve just stumbled across these, used to be made by Ritchey but then you couldn’t get them for years. I reckon they are the best design about for retention, look good too, not intrusive folded round the ear and less likely to dig in/get infected. Anyone know how long they’ve been available for...

We have been using button tags for our EID but now that we have moved over to cow manager it strikes us that if we loose the button we loose Eid and cow manager so we are thinking of using the (relatively) new simple, small, conventional Eid tags (not sure what they are called but I suspect used...