Tupping crayons

[TexelBen]

We've always used Mate mark cold crayons, (sometimes used nettex) they used to be spot on, but the quality of the mark seems to be getting worse and worse.
Straps fitted properly and the tups give them a good "rubbing"
Anyone found a better brand?

 

[scottish-lleyn]

Flexmark are what ive been using the last few years leave a decent mark

 

[Cluster_monkey]

Flexmark are what ive been using the last few years leave a decent mark

Second that best crayon out there, not many places stock them tho!

 

[Andyt880]

Flexmark are what ive been using the last few years leave a decent mark

Do they fit into the nettex harness?

 

[scottish-lleyn]

Do they fit into the nettex harness?

Most crayons will fit most harnesses with a bit of a wiggle i find, but i only have a couple of net tex harnesses and the rest are mating mark.

 

[Mc115reed]

We've always used Mate mark cold crayons, (sometimes used nettex) they used to be spot on, but the quality of the mark seems to be getting worse and worse.
Straps fitted properly and the tups give them a good "rubbing"
Anyone found a better brand?

Used mate mark this year and I found all the suffolk tups made a hell of a mark... and the texel tups you had too squint too spot the marks...

 

[TexelBen]

Used mate mark this year and I found all the suffolk tups made a hell of a mark... and the texel tups you had too squint too spot the marks...

Must be those heavy boned legs

 

[Gator]

I just rub some raddle on now, just so i know if there working and when to expect the first lambs. easy enough to rub some more on wi a bit of tub

 

[neilo]

Wynnstay tell me that they aren’t stocking Mating Mark crayons any more, but the Nettex ones have apparently Mating Mark harnesses (need to check on the box that they are ‘new type’ though). Unfortunately those Nettex ones are still their rock hard/don’t bother marking ‘all weather’ types though.
If I had been happy with those I wouldn’t have changed to the ‘cold’ Mating Mark crayons & harnesses!