The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: welshlass181 on April 13, 2011, 01:55:57 pm
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My local farmer suppliers said that these hand pressed ear tags. Cannot find them online but i have seen them in the shop and they have a sharp spike on them and a bit on the other side to stop said spike sticking into ut finger. These have my herd number and whatnot on them but what i was wondering is would they be ok for the slaughter process? I know they'll be ok to transport the over year old animals but need opinions on the slaughter ???
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It is best to check with the abattoir that you will be using. They should have metal ear tags to go for slaughter, but some abattoirs seem to accept others.
Give them a call and they will let you know what their preference is.
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have an look on fearing.co.uk they do an range of taggs,but i think this farmer is winding you up as you are an newbie to catch you out
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Never heard of them.
And belgianblue...Your off my xmas list as well for using the "f" word ;D
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SFS you are easy upset ;) :wave: i think posters have the wrong idea on this one hand pressed =well they all are hand pressed with pliars into the ear :wave: BELGIANBLUE it was farmer suppliers not farmer :wave:
or has age kicked in with me :-\ :-\ :wave:
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Hi Lillian,
Takes more than that to upset me ;D
EVEN you havent managed it yet :P :P :P
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SFS but i have not been trying to upset you yet :wave: you may yet donate something to the SPKA i have persuasive talents :wave:
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Hmmmm interesting thought...Donate, that sounds like a freebie :o - If I didnt know better I would think you were Scottish ;D
Seriously though, when your membership reaches say 500 let me know and I will make a donation - you could perhaps run it as a competition??
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now who is the scottish one with short arms and deep pockets at least BOB RITCHIE donated a lamb/pig weigher for a raffel last year :wave:
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Seriously though, when your membership reaches say 500 let me know and I will make a donation - you could perhaps run it as a competition??
500 ? :o :o :o
That may well take us a wee while, but thank you Gareth for your offer (sounded like an offer to me ;D) we'll let you know ;)
Got to say at this point that SfS are supporting the SPKA and we're so grateful for that ;D ;D ;D :wave:
I'll need to get my finger out and order some more tyre bowl drinkers from you, they are standing up so well compared to everything else I've used. I might just do a few worm counts as well - I just have to get organised enough to write a list lol!
But to go back to the original question -
I've never heard of tags that don't need an applicator, I quite like using the pliers - makes me feel a bit more detached from what is happening :-\
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Check with the abbatoir as said, ours take plastic tags.
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I thought short arms and deep pockets were a requirement north of "the Wall".
Yes Happy H - It was an offer, and Im thinking along the lines of a pig slapper (not for you Lillian, you are fine with your emulsion brush!! ;D ;D).
Ok well if 600 is too challenging - Lets say 300 then ;D
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SFS i could get to like you :) :wave:
a very generous offer SFS did happy hippy tell you we are at 299 ;) ;) ;) :wave: you take care now :wave:
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Hi thanks for the replies. I'll phone the slaughter house tomorrow. The tags that i have ordered have the plastic bit for the herd number and a metal spike that you press together and it goes through the ear. I'm due to get them this week now and i'll take a picture of them and post it on here. The lady i spoke to has said she uses them to move animals to and from farms and marts. Nothing is going to slaughter with me for a while yet so i am ok and dnt need a proper ear tagger just yet.
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do you put a number on them with a felt pen or do you notch the number on them land then add the numbers together to get the sow number?
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do you put a number on them with a felt pen or do you notch the number on them land then add the numbers together to get the sow number?
No the ones i have ordered have my herd number printed on them by the manufacturer.
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do you put a number on them with a felt pen or do you notch the number on them land then add the numbers together to get the sow number?
The legal position for England & Wales is that the tag must be
(a)easy to read during the pig’s lifetime;.
(b)made of either metal or plastic or a combination of metal and plastic;.
(c)tamper-resistant;.
(d)incapable of re-use;.
(e)sufficiently heat-resistant that neither the ear tag nor the information printed or stamped on it can be damaged by the processing of the carcase following slaughter;.
(f)designed to remain attached to the pig without harming it..
A felt pen would not survive condition e
Most people have them pre-printed or stamped, but am not sure is hand writing would count as printed if not joined up writing !
One for those with more legal knowledge than me.
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I've not managed to get close enough with my phone to get a picture of the ear tag in but when i did find while re-watching it was a vid of the big sow i collected last week. She is 2 years old so therefore needed a ear tag. This is one of the hand pressed metal tags that i was on about in the beginning. I put this in last Tuesday before i loaded her up and it is still in now. She has had lots of squabbles and there are some cuts and welts from my other pigs and it's still in :) so i am impressed. She didn't move or make a noise when i put it through her ear. You can see it in her left ear at the beginning of the vid
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/shellsam/th_Mattiecloseup.jpg) (http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/shellsam/?action=view¤t=Mattiecloseup.mp4)