Author Topic: ID marks for pigs - which is best/easiest? (Read 6812 times)

Bionic · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:51:45 pm »

Just your herd no

PK · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:54:26 pm »

Thank you

PK · « **Reply #17 on:** September 27, 2015, 11:02:53 am »

Should the slap marked herd number be clearly distinct. Mine (first attempt) look a bit smudged although it might be clear underneath the hair/skin. Do I need to do it again?

Cosmore · « **Reply #18 on:** September 27, 2015, 11:44:19 am »

The slap mark should be one on each shoulder, if one appears smudged I would leave it, the other one is probably ok. By trying to do it again you could make matters worse as it could 'interfere' with the original which may be ok anyway.

Daisys Mum · « **Reply #19 on:** September 27, 2015, 07:29:12 pm »

Just tagged mine tonight ready for the morning and one looks like I have tried to slaughter him, caught a vein and it bled like mad. In all the years we have been doing this its a first!
Have now decided to invest in a slap marker for next year!

JedM · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2015, 08:48:11 pm »

I tagged all 4 of mine 2 weeks back, and they all bled really badly! It has never happened before, but I might look into slap marking now.

harmony · « **Reply #21 on:** September 30, 2015, 09:28:01 pm »

Quote from: PK on September 27, 2015, 11:02:53 am

Should the slap marked herd number be clearly distinct. Mine (first attempt) look a bit smudged although it might be clear underneath the hair/skin. Do I need to do it again?

It is only the paste that will have made it look smudged. The needles will have left a readable mark.

Bionic · « **Reply #22 on:** September 30, 2015, 10:18:19 pm »

The first time we slap marked we wern't sure we had done it correctly so took the slap marker and dye with us to the abattoir, just in case. We need not have worried. It was very reassuring to see it nice and clearly when we got our meat back.