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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: MiriMaran on June 26, 2010, 08:53:43 pm

Title: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: MiriMaran on June 26, 2010, 08:53:43 pm: We got a letter from the abattoire saying that the GOS we sent for slaughter last week weren't slapmarked well enough so really I'm wanting any advice on how to improve the clarity of the mark. We have a slapmarker that has lots of pins with our letters and numbers and Tattoo ink. My husband did the actual marking and hit the pigs pretty hard - on one of them he said he sort of felt the slapmarker stick in the skin, but not on the other attempts.

What can we do to improve our technique with the next lot of pigs we have please?
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 26, 2010, 10:19:07 pm: It may not be your technique - how old is the slapmarker you used? Older types do not transmit ink-to-skin very well.

Thanks
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: MiriMaran on June 27, 2010, 06:57:42 pm: Its brand new with conical shaped pins.
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 27, 2010, 08:42:53 pm: Ok - If the pins are conical, chances are that you are not slapping hard enough!.

Have a look at this guide: http://www.idandtrace.com/firsttimer.htm

We only sell ID & Trace marking equipment for pigs, as we consider them the best product available.

Thanks
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: MiriMaran on June 27, 2010, 08:49:06 pm: Great, thanx for that. I've just read it and I think we just have to be braver with the slap action!!
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: Hilarysmum on June 28, 2010, 10:54:50 am: You should see our slaughterman at the abattoir when he does it. Really whacks them. (Which is why mine are done before they arrive :) )
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: MiriMaran on June 28, 2010, 08:52:52 pm: Oh God, I can't bare the idea of whacking them - maybe I'll make myself scarce on that day!
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 28, 2010, 09:57:13 pm: Conical pins need greater force.

If possible use a slapper with pointed parallel pins

Thanks
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: Hilarysmum on June 29, 2010, 09:28:49 am: Quote from: MiriMaran on June 28, 2010, 08:52:52 pm
Oh God, I can't bare the idea of whacking them - maybe I'll make myself scarce on that day!

Isnt that why God made husbands ?????
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: supplies for smallholders on June 29, 2010, 10:46:57 am: Quote
Isnt that why God made husbands ?????

Wellllll if you are going to start a Biblical sexist thread, just remember your origins - made from a bit of unwanted rib as I recall ? ;D
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: Hilarysmum on June 29, 2010, 03:17:16 pm: Recycled rib if you dont mind. And as I remember when God made Adam she was just practising ;)
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: MiriMaran on June 29, 2010, 08:54:48 pm: ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: Hilarysmum on June 30, 2010, 08:34:59 am: I have just re-read my posting. I need to make it clear that although I am very old, I wasn't actually there at the time to witness the event :D
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: JulieS on June 30, 2010, 09:26:19 am: ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: sausagesandcash on July 07, 2010, 02:27:25 pm: I want my rib back!! lol
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: supplies for smallholders on July 07, 2010, 03:39:21 pm: Too late I'm Afraid.......

Just think what we could have got if we traded in a leg or an arm ! ;D
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: WinslowPorker on July 07, 2010, 04:31:46 pm: would of been far better to take our ears :o
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: Hilarysmum on July 07, 2010, 05:32:23 pm: Be grateful for what you did get :pig: :pig: :pig:
Title: Re: Sub standard Slapmarking
Post by: sausagesandcash on July 07, 2010, 11:25:25 pm: yes'um ma!