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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Beewyched on December 07, 2013, 04:46:51 pm

Title: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 07, 2013, 04:46:51 pm
Finally getting the herd back together again, thanks to Karen  :-*  transporting the last few down from Scotland to Shropshire last month & Wayne returning from stud duties tomorrow.
 
Unfortunately, a young gilt of my breeding from a sow I rehomed up there has been sent to me with a metal slaughter tag in her ear  :o   Not only is this a problem, as I will be registering her and intending in showing her next year, but the tag has already started cutting into her ear (she's only 6 months-old at the moment)  :(
 
Has anyone else had experience of removing these horrible bits of metal and advise how best to go about it  :thinking:
Many thanks  :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: hughesy on December 08, 2013, 01:03:57 pm
I've never tried to remove one from a live pig but if I did I'd get a pair of bolt cutters and snip it. Hardest thing would be getting the pig to keep still.
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: shygirl on December 08, 2013, 03:29:23 pm
are you in shropshire now? i thought you went to wales?

 :wave:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 08, 2013, 09:06:44 pm
Quote from: hughesy on December 08, 2013, 01:03:57 pm
I've never tried to remove one from a live pig but if I did I'd get a pair of bolt cutters and snip it. Hardest thing would be getting the pig to keep still.
Remember this is a Kune Hughesy - no problem keeping her still  ;)   - just no way I can get a pair of bolt cutters in between her ear and the tag   ::) - I'm more likely to end up cutting her ear off  :-[
 :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 08, 2013, 09:11:44 pm
Quote from: shygirl on December 08, 2013, 03:29:23 pm
are you in shropshire now? i thought you went to wales?

 :wave:

Hi  :wave:
 
Sorry didn't make myself very clear there  :-[
 
We are back in Wales - very close to several other TASers (you all know who you are  ;)  ).  Just that Karen was down to attend a meeting in Shropshire, so it saved me a few hundred miles  :relief:
 :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: shygirl on December 08, 2013, 10:47:59 pm
ahhh  :idea:

glad you got your pigs back again.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 08, 2013, 10:53:17 pm
It's brilliant - only problem now is the OH starting to dream of sausages already  ::)
 :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: bloomer on December 08, 2013, 11:35:06 pm
As sausages are a prime reason to keep pigs, don't blame OH :sausage: :sausage: :sausage:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 08, 2013, 11:41:54 pm
Quote from: bloomer on December 08, 2013, 11:35:06 pm
As sausages are a prime reason to keep pigs, don't blame OH :sausage: :sausage: :sausage:
The problem is that  apart from some newly weaned piglets I only have my breeding and future breeding stock at the moment David - and she's not getting her teeth into them  :huff:
 :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Fowgill Farm on December 09, 2013, 10:14:03 am
Hi
we removed a mangy metal tag with a standard pair of pliers and OH's brute strength whilst I applied apples and tummy rubs to keep her still. Spray afterwards with copious amounts of purple or blue spray to stop any infection, if it bleeds you may need wound powder to stem the drips.
HTh
mandy :pig:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 10, 2013, 10:23:25 pm
Cheers Mandy, we'll give it a go - just need to find a pair of pliers now  ::)

I'll let you know how we get on  :fc:
 :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Removing a slaughter tag
Post by: Beewyched on December 12, 2013, 02:02:38 pm
Still looking for the pliers  :innocent: