[Womble]

Our usual method for fluke dosing, worming etc is to get all the ewes in a wee pen, then after I've dosed each one, Mrs Womble gives it a wee bindi spot on the forehead with a temporary marker crayon:





However, I had to do it on my own the other day, and found I didn't have enough hands to hold everything at once. I solved this problem by drilling a small hole through the knob at the bottom of the crayon, and attaching it to one of these "zingers" (also known as ski pass holders, and available on Ebay for a couple of quid):





It has to be quite a strong spring to take the weight of the crayon, but the one I had did the trick. So all I do now is attach the zinger to the chest pocket of my overalls, and I'm good to go! 




OK, I know it's not going to win me the Nobel Prize for invention, but you never know, it might be useful to somebody 

[Backinwellies]

worth patenting .... can see someone manufacturing and selling with crayons ..... brill idea.

[Hellybee]

Good idea, I had a similar idea, but mine was more of a zip wire for the side of the race with a caribiner on it to attach vit drench or the likes. But I've taken to wearing everything on my back in a rucksack x hey I would affix your idea to the rucksack, all I ll need then is the knee cymbals and a mouth organ and I ll be good to go hahahah x

[Slimjim]

Ingenious! Well done!
I work on my own all the time (jimmy no mates) so have to constantly dream up ways of doing two-person jobs single handed. The most useful piece of kit for me is a workman's tool belt. With loads of pockets and pouches, I use every time I need to do something to my sheep.

[Marches Farmer]

I put everything I'm likely to need in one of those hookover horse feed buckets and put it on the side of the race or hurdle next to where I'm working.

[Foobar]

I use one of these on my belt:  http://www.sheep-holsters.com/page8.html  (see bottom of the page)


Can't recommend these belts/holsters enough.  Simon is very helpful and the profits go to FCN.

[Hellybee]

I do like the holder but then I would put it down again on a rail and forget about it then I ll have to climb back up race growling to myself lol, retractable sounds perfect solution for me.  Now how to attach a zinger to a spray, not seen dinkier sprays, perhaps We d go back to crayon.  I was given an old rucksack as up to now I've butchered a Charles owen hat bag and tied the strings round my waist, simple but effective, my new version will be awesome for us to use .  they re so expensive to buy if you look at proper back packs....

[mowhaugh]

I had a similar idea, but mine was more of a zip wire for the side of the race with a caribiner on it to attach vit drench or the likes.

We do this.

[Buffy the eggs layer]

Oow!


   I like it womble. I will show it to OH as I think he will certainly want to adopt it. 

[pharnorth]

We went into a car accessories shop in Ross on Wye back in the summer to buy some glue for a car seat repair. For some reason the shop keeper asked if we needed it to stick labels on sheep (despite being on a posh weekend away I must have smelt like one I guess).  Quick as a flash I replied 'no we already know ours are sheep'

 

[shep53]

I had a similar idea, but mine was more of a zip wire for the side of the race with a caribiner on it to attach vit drench or the likes.

We do this.

                                                                                                                                                                 Same here double working race with a zip wire between above head height  .     Seem to remember that you could at one time buy a drenching gun with holder  for a crayon so you dosed then marked with the gun

[Cran]

Tape the marker to the dosing gun at the bottom

[Hellybee]

Could use a small cylinder shape draw string bag, tie it tight at the neck of can and hook on carabiner on other end ?

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Quite an ingenious idea womble you could have been a professional inventor, like professor pat pending out of the wacky races I myself use spray marker for the sheep. Is the crayon better to use though, does it wear off more easily than the spray or does it stay put?

[Womble]

It's been great reading all your comments and different ways of doing things - that's what this forum is all about IMO  .

Unless you use a lot of it, the crayon is nowhere near as durable as a spray. However, when dosing sheep I only need the mark to stay on for ten minutes, so the crayon is perfect. Also I haven't yet sprayed my face blue with a crayon