The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Marches Farmer on July 18, 2016, 08:38:36 am
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Just went online to order some more Allflex Bubblegum tags and I see that yet again I'm required to buy a new applicator as well. I still have occasional problems with the Bubblegum tags, less since I routinely split them after insertion. Before I order a new applicator (to join my existing collection of applicators for tags that were rubbish or that have been superseded) I'd see if anyone had come across a better tag.
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I use Shearwell tags with few problems, also if they change their taggers then you get it for free with your next order :thumbsup:
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I use Shearwell tags with few problems, also if they change their taggers then you get it for free with your next order :thumbsup:
Ditto. And they have a clever design for the taggers, whereby the 'jaws' are replaceable, so usually, if there is an update, they can just replace the inner jaw pieces.
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I also use shearwell set tags, and have found them excellent. I have not lost a single tag in goats (touch wood, I said this about sheep then had a single soay x lamb who ripped one tag out twice!) I put them in the front of the ear and they seem to stay there! If you're doing a lot, they'll even guarantee the tags for life (free replacements) if you buy 200 at a time!
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Shearwells SETEid tags - stay in the ears and yes you get a free tagger if they change the tags. Quick delivery and easy to order replacements for pedigree animals that need to keep their number.
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Symtags are good too, my OH has been using them for years with an excellent retention rate, and when you're breeding pedigrees on a small scale, they don't laugh at you when you phone up to only order one tag, complete with tons of management information.
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I am using Caisley tags. Not lost one yet but I have not tagged huge numbers. Expensive but I can read everything from a reasonable distance, including the breed numbers which are too small to see on some tags.
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another firm vote for shearwell data tags. previously to using them tagging was a catalogue of lost tags, broken tags and torn ears. we have never had a problem with and SD tag in 4 years
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shearwell ----- 1000+ tags a year for 10 years
Free replacements (1st lot ordered this year)
Great service