Sheep Tags

[GavinJ]

I am after some advice on which company is the best to use for Sheep Tags. TIA

 

[jjm]

Used Allflex bubblegum ones for approx 8 years but now gone back to shearwell as they read on the stick reader 99% of the time opposed to 90% for the allflex .

 

[shearerlad]

Shearwell.

ps. End of debate!

 

[Guiggs]

Shearwell.

 

[Gator]

yep...shearwell

 

[Estate fencing.]

Used Allflex bubblegum ones for approx 8 years but now gone back to shearwell as they read on the stick reader 99% of the time opposed to 90% for the allflex .

Bought some ewes in with allflex tags and only 75% read. I thought it was my reader. Shearwell tags all the way. There should be any others sold. I tag the ewe lambs when they are born and sell them as yearlings, this year only one tag lost out of 800!!

 

[Bob]

What are the shearwell tag applicator like. Is there a automatic one available. Use roxan tagfaster and find it a right pain to use

 

[Nithsdale]

Been using Cox Qwik eID since the start, so 10yrs now. I've never had any reason to look elsewhere

 

[Optimus]

We moved away from shearwell as we found far too many losing tags.went back to roxan seem to stay in better

 

[CollCrofter]

Definitely Shwearwell for me

 

[Pistonbroke]

Found shearwell crap for pins bending on older thicker ears....yes believe it not most lambs are tagged on the day of sale not day of birth. Out of 2500 tagged sheep on the place the only ones that don't read are shearwell also,so not for us. Allflex rubber types in various makes seem worse for going bad with infection despite antiseptic etc possibly from huge pin punching through. Best by far here are roxan tagfaster for ease of use, retention and reading. Only downside is the price and sometimes slow delivery

 

[Bob the beef]

Always tag ewe lambs with the roxan rubba tags . Superb retention but definitely a bit fiddly to load applicator. Like the fact that I get farm name printed on both tags. Use roxan tagfaster for slaughter tags, really quick and easy. Never had an issue with delivery from them, but we are only a short distance from the factory.

 

[tinsheet]

Shearwell here!

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Shearwell for us, great service and the auto tagger while a bit cumbersome is very quick and easy to do several hundred an hour if you are organised.

 

[Nithsdale]

We moved away from shearwell as we found far too many losing tags.went back to roxan seem to stay in better

You using the Roxan Tagfaster for your ewes?

Is the retention good these days? I tried them way back before eID and lost far too many so gave up...

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Is there any point in these threads...we all know it ends up in Shearwell

 

[tr250]

Cox here and get on well with them but we don’t read eid tags so no idea about that

 

[Optimus]

You using the Roxan Tagfaster for your ewes?

Is the retention good these days? I tried them way back before eID and lost far too many so gave up...

No I use the rubba flags.change the colour each year so know age of ewe.

I think there pretty good, been through the sheep last week never had to re tag many

 

[neilo]

Is there any point in these threads...we all know it ends up in Shearwell

I read them with interest, desperately looking for something with better retention then Shearwell seem to be these days. Used to be fantastic but getting seriously pee’d off with the losses in recent years, mostly in the EID ones, but a few in the visuals as well. Certainly not happy with them any more, but other makes don’t seem to have any better reports either.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I read them with interest, desperately looking for something with better retention then Shearwell seem to be these days. Used to be fantastic but getting seriously pee’d off with the losses in recent years, mostly in the EID ones, but a few in the visuals as well. Certainly not happy with them any more, but other makes don’t seem to have any better reports either.

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