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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Cjnewton82 on June 13, 2013, 10:31:50 am
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Hello all I was wondering if there was anyone out there who would be interested in moving my 7 pig to tottingworth Abattoir on the 19th Aug?? also Possibly helping with is tagging as I'm a little nervous for the first time.they would be 6months old we are based in piddonghoe East Sussex and would of course pay.
If anyone is interested pm me
Kind regards
Chris
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Sorry I'm too far away to offer my trailer, but I was also wary of tagging so I decided to do slap marking instead even though it's quite expensive to buy all the gubbins, but I'll need it every week now so a good investment really. My local abattoirs don't specify tags and they weren't registered stock.
I have always been on my own when loading/going to the abattoir and the first time I got myself in right old tizzy. The billy bonus with slap marking is that you can do it days or weeks in advance, so no last minute panic, whereas with tags I'd be concerned that they pull them out before the day if I did it too far ahead, and anyway I couldn't do that on my own lol.
The other thing I did was take the slap mark gear with me on the day, in case I hadn't done a very good job, I'm a worrier! But actually the abattoir had their own slap marker which they used if they weren't sure - my pigs had some black splotches in the wrong places! And I needn't have worried all the shoulders of pork came back with my herd mark perfectly visible :relief:
It's been plain sailing ever since ;D But if you decide to do it order the stuff now, might take a few days to come.
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I was worried about tags too so I also bought the slap marking equipment. I was happy to see my shoulder joints back with the slap mark clearly showing as well.
If you are going to have more than one set of weaners then it might be worth investing in the slapping kit. We will be using ours for a second time this year.
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Mine are tagged the night before as they are eating their tea in the trailer. To be honest they never even notice. Sorry I am tooooooo far away to help with transport.
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Just found this
W J & C J Hobden (http://www.britaine.co.uk/w-j-y-c-j-hobden-F120BC7071FD747)
Heathfield > East SussexLivestock Transportation - Yew Tree Cottage - Battle Road - Dallington, TN21 9LE Heathfield, East Sussex - Telephone: 014248384..[/font][/font][/size]
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[/size]Or could you contact the abattoir they may be able to recommend someone local.
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Thank you for that very helpfull you would think but when i rang the number the lady who answered the phone said that the man who run that business hasn't live there for 2 years!!!! :roflanim:
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Here you go these people offer livestock transport (based in Hailsham, I think).
http://www.brambletigh.co.uk/home/products-services (http://www.brambletigh.co.uk/home/products-services)
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markcott on here does animal transport. ardingly-arks.co.uk (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/ardingly-arks.co.uk)
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Thanks for the plug BB I have actually PMd CJ
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Lol sorry!
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Thank you all for you help top stuff