Sheep ear tags
- Thread starter BigSteve
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- Location
- West Somerset
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Chasingmytail
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- Location
- Newport, SE Wales
Had shearwell went to tag some fat lambs on Monday couldnt do anything with them none of them would clip together. So couldnt take them not happy at all. Gone soft and only bought last year. Not using again going back to Allflex/Richie via our feed merchant. Metal applicator and seem more robust.
if they are just going to kill try applying the tag to a thinner art of the ear, like at the back instead of the front. the older lambs get the tougher the ear. doing them younger helps in that way.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I keep writing lists of replacements to send off to Shearwell, every time I get the pedigree flocks in (where I need to retain their IDs), and keep putting new ones in my crossbred ewes every time I get them in. They always break at the ends, having gone brittle, then fall out, and almost always the yellow EID one. ?
However, I still haven’t moved elsewhere though, as I keep hearing plenty of tales of problems in all the other makes too.
5 or 6 years ago, I would have been praising Shearwell tags for their excellent retention rates, but not any longer. I would move straight away if I had confidence that any of the others were better.
However, I still haven’t moved elsewhere though, as I keep hearing plenty of tales of problems in all the other makes too.
5 or 6 years ago, I would have been praising Shearwell tags for their excellent retention rates, but not any longer. I would move straight away if I had confidence that any of the others were better.
yep, lose too many of various different types here as well.
When telling a rep at a show once (not shearwell) i was told that my fences feeders etc , were the problem thanks a bundle i thought .... welcome to the real world
its only plastic i guess, but metal ones wouldn't hold the chip i suppose and even they can rip out in the extreme more likely tho if they're made any clumsier than the old ketchum's used to be...
When telling a rep at a show once (not shearwell) i was told that my fences feeders etc , were the problem thanks a bundle i thought .... welcome to the real world
its only plastic i guess, but metal ones wouldn't hold the chip i suppose and even they can rip out in the extreme more likely tho if they're made any clumsier than the old ketchum's used to be...
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Shearwell for many years now with no major problems with retention. Can not comment on other makes.
With regard to going soft, put them in the airing cupboard for a day of so to dry out. I was told they are manufactured to become more pliable by absorbing water when fitted but must be stored dry.
With regard to going soft, put them in the airing cupboard for a day of so to dry out. I was told they are manufactured to become more pliable by absorbing water when fitted but must be stored dry.
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
Shearwell.
That's interesting, they must be like Stihl strimmer blades, which must be stored in water else they are brittle and dont last 5 minutes.
An ancient git
Member
Changed to the Roxan tags that whack in with the Tagfaster applicator . 3 years now , and they seem ok . Light enough to do baby lambs , but tend to do them later on , and just ear notch potential ewe lambs as they purely get selected on growth rates .
- Location
- South east scotland
Roxan tagfaster and rubba tags here the tagfaster have much better retention rates in my flock that shearwell ever did had a lot off 200 odd 6 yo ewes in bolusing them yesterday and every one had the orginal set of roxan tags i put in them when they where 12 hrs old. Im not saying i dont loose any but i loose alot less than i did with shearwell
Roxan here
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
+1 for Roxan tagfaster. You just can't beat the auto tagger.
I have only used them on slaughter lambs, though, and not on retained ewe lambs...
For my own ewe lambs I double tag with Cox Qwik-eID. Have used these from the very beginning and have no reason to change. That's on tagging 130-150 ewe lambs a year going into a 600 ewe flock.
I have only used them on slaughter lambs, though, and not on retained ewe lambs...
For my own ewe lambs I double tag with Cox Qwik-eID. Have used these from the very beginning and have no reason to change. That's on tagging 130-150 ewe lambs a year going into a 600 ewe flock.
An ancient git
Member
Guess scottish-LLEYN got them at the discount Society rate !!! I'm screwed a bit now , as no longer a member ... oops .... but I'll stick with the tags . The totally plastic applicator can be a piece of sh1te at times .....! To be fair , Roxan did give me a totally free applicator , rather than a '10p' broken bit on original ......
- Location
- South east scotland
The buggers have never given me the discount when i ordered always had to chace it up. Im no longer a member of the society so i wont be benefiting from the discount but will still be using roxan tags
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
Why are the pliers so huge with the tagfaster, though? Similar comment with other makes.
Not all sheep keepers have large hands.
Shearwell here, still. There was a bulge in ordering replacement tags two years ago, but there were just 2 needed this time around. All lambs tagged with EID within their first week.
Not all sheep keepers have large hands.
Shearwell here, still. There was a bulge in ordering replacement tags two years ago, but there were just 2 needed this time around. All lambs tagged with EID within their first week.
SheepTerrier
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Shearwell here also. Loose about 2/3% with them and half of that or a bit more will be them getting them caught in the wire netting and ripping the ear!!!
- Location
- Scot Borders
+1 for tag faster slaughter tags. Can do 100 lambs in 10 mins no bother. Rubba tags for breeding ewe lambs. . Next day delivery on replacements if you need them
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