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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: valmet10 on December 06, 2018, 06:26:05 pm

Title: eartags for weaners
Post by: valmet10 on December 06, 2018, 06:26:05 pm
what tags are people using ,just tag some weaners that are of to market with fearing ultra r tags , didn't like them , been trying to find something else
Title: Re: eartags for weaners
Post by: fsmnutter on December 06, 2018, 07:54:21 pm
I use shearwell button tags, I think they seem fine, I've several sows and meat castrates that have had to move house with me that have all retained tags well with no issues as well.
Title: Re: eartags for weaners
Post by: Black Sheep on December 08, 2018, 07:35:11 am
Shearwell buttons too. Easy to pop in, no problems with retention (of six so far). We got different colours so we can tell the pigs apart easily :)
Title: Re: eartags for weaners
Post by: PK on December 08, 2018, 09:01:18 am
Shearwells button tags for me too.
Title: Re: eartags for weaners
Post by: valmet10 on December 09, 2018, 01:06:32 pm
thanks will have a look at shearwell ones , the fearings bittons are same size as cattle one just seam very large , also they took some getting through there ears