Shearwell turbo tagger

[scottish-lleyn]

Anybody got or used one looks a handy bit of kit.

 

[Al R]

And to save everyone else googling.

TurbO Tagger

The future of high-welfare, high throughput tagging. Paired with the market-leading ear tag

www.shearwell.co.uk

Has it been tested in a combi clamp?

 

[Poorbuthappy]

This has been years in the making. They had a prototype at a previous NSA event at Malvern. Not even sure it was the last 1.

Let's hope it's more reliable than the previous model.

 

[Farmer 83563]

This has been years in the making. They had a prototype at a previous NSA event at Malvern. Not even sure it was the last 1.

Let's hope it's more reliable than the previous model.

Cant be any worse. The last one was sh!te!

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Cant be any worse. The last one was sh!te!

It was ok when it worked, just it didn't work often enough
There were at least 3 attempts at that one.

 

[yellowbelly]

Looks like the sort of thing that wouldn't need much of a knock, while you were catching the next 'customer', for it not to work/get damaged.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

We are trialling one at the moment and it is a great improvement on the old one.
Apparently they are making minor modifications still.
Only criticism is on the doubles you have to keep checking it is on the correct tag as it will jump one if it is knocked hard.

 

[AftonShepherd]

Slightly related because this thread made me think about something instead the other day. On the advice leaflet that comes with Shearwell tags it mentions disinfecting them before inserting. How would you do that with an automatic tagger?

Does anyone do this as a matter of practice? If so, what with?

I keep tags as clean as possible but only wash if a strip is dropped but still get a few festered ears every year. Not actually counted up but between 5% and 10% I would guess.

Not enough to suggest I'm doing anything horrendously wrong but enough that I'd like to avoid it if at all possible.

Just to add that I'm using single taggers, it's just that this thread reminded me.

 

[neilo]

Slightly related because this thread made me think about something instead the other day. On the advice leaflet that comes with Shearwell tags it mentions disinfecting them before inserting. How would you do that with an automatic tagger?

Does anyone do this as a matter of practice? If so, what with?

I keep tags as clean as possible but only wash if a strip is dropped but still get a few festered ears every year. Not actually counted up but between 5% and 10% I would guess.

Not enough to suggest I'm doing anything horrendously wrong but enough that I'd like to avoid it if at all possible.

Just to add that I'm using single taggers, it's just that this thread reminded me.

I never disinfect tags, but would wipe them clean if I dropped one in the shite obviously. Extremely rare to get an infected ear, even though a lot of the tags might be put in at birth in a wet field.

Anything that punctures the ear is creating a wound, and a potential point of infection until it heals properly. I really can't see that the risks from any piece of plastic are significant when compared to the risk from the environment around (& flies in the summer).

 

[neilo]

I'd rather Shearwell put some effort in making the tags as they used to, so that they didn't break and fall out all the bloody time.

I've been bolusing & drenching lambs this week, and the number of broken tags in the ewes is just ridiculous, again. I normally replace a bunch every time I have them through the pens, but this is the first time I've handled the April born lambs since I squirted some Clik on them in May, so the numbers that need replacing have built up more than usual.

 

[primmiemoo]

My mitts aren't big enough for that sort of implement. Using it would cause me pain.

Why doesn't it have a strap for under the bottom handle to make it more secure in use?

 

[sean m]

Slightly related because this thread made me think about something instead the other day. On the advice leaflet that comes with Shearwell tags it mentions disinfecting them before inserting. How would you do that with an automatic tagger?

Does anyone do this as a matter of practice? If so, what with?

I keep tags as clean as possible but only wash if a strip is dropped but still get a few festered ears every year. Not actually counted up but between 5% and 10% I would guess.

Not enough to suggest I'm doing anything horrendously wrong but enough that I'd like to avoid it if at all possible.

Just to add that I'm using single taggers, it's just that this thread reminded me.

I pour some surgical spirit into a small bucket load the tagger dunk and tag, has made a lot of difference when we've been double tagging ewe lambs

 

[AftonShepherd]

Wouldn't cost much to give that a try. Thanks. Had thought about iodine but presumed that would.dye the tags.

 

[Agrivator]

Looks like the sort of thing that wouldn't need much of a knock, while you were catching the next 'customer', for it not to work/get damaged.

I once tagged store lambs with single tags.

But I used a few strips of double tags by mistake. Which meant that pairs of lambs had the same tag number, one with an electronic readable tag, one with a non-electronic tag.

Bugger. I chickened out and re-tagged them. But I wonder how far they might have got before someone twigged!!!!!

Which begs the question, why aren't both double tags electronic. If one is lost, the other one can still be read. What would be the additional cost of two electronic tags?

 

[Agrivator]

I pour some surgical spirit into a small bucket load the tagger dunk and tag, has made a lot of difference when we've been double tagging ewe lambs

The only bio-security needed is that both the tagger and the loader wear disposable gloves.

And how can you discuss the merits of every lamb if you are alone, using a turbo tagger? What is this life if full of despair, we have no time to stand and stare.

 

[Spartacus]

Wonder how many tags you need to buy to get one free

 

[beardface]

I'd rather Shearwell put some effort in making the tags as they used to, so that they didn't break and fall out all the bloody time.

I've been bolusing & drenching lambs this week, and the number of broken tags in the ewes is just ridiculous, again. I normally replace a bunch every time I have them through the pens, but this is the first time I've handled the April born lambs since I squirted some Clik on them in May, so the numbers that need replacing have built up more than usual.

I've been using caisley tags for the second time this year. Quality and retention are excellent.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

I don't think shearwell are as go as they used to be, l did order 500 this morning. They defo come out.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I've been using caisley tags for the second time this year. Quality and retention are excellent.

Must be better than their cattle tags then.
Had to use Caisley cattle tags due to breed society rules last year. Certainly wouldn't tempt me away from shearwell.
But I do agree with those saying shearwell sheep tags aren't as good as they used to be.

 

[beardface]

Must be better than their cattle tags then.
Had to use Caisley cattle tags due to breed society rules last year. Certainly wouldn't tempt me away from shearwell.
But I do agree with those saying shearwell sheep tags aren't as good as they used to be.

I've found the cattle tags equally as good.