Freezemarking...Farmkey or another provider? Advice pls

[Hippona]

OK....I'm having my horses freezemarked as a visible deterrent......I like the idea of micro-chipping but TBH I want the theiving barstewards to be able to see the freezemark and hopefully not bother....

I'm planning to organise a session on the yard for whoever wants it doing as its cheaper for group bookings....has anyone got any experiences of any of the providers...good or bad....I was thinking of Farmkey as thats the one that sprung to mind, but any info or recommendations gratefully accepted....

Cheers muchly

PS...I was thinking left side under the saddle area for showing purposes??

 

[posie_honey]

i used farmkey and was v happy with service - had it done a few weeks back now and scabs are just falling off - it;s nice a clear

i went for shoulder cos my horse has had back issues with badly fitting saddles so wanted no more excuses from her!

 

[picolenicole]

I used Farmkey a few weeks ago on my cob and she was brill with him, and they set it up so quickly. I had a booking within a week, they also let you pick where you want the freeze mark to go.

Also they have a discount (on top of the group discount, if still doing it) if you are NFU,BHS and something else member.

I would most def use them again.

 

[katiex2]

We recently has a session with Farmkey!! Fantastic - lovely lady who was very patient and put up with lots of stressy horses and even stressier owners!!!

 

[Hippona]

Thanks for that...looks like Farmkey it is.....

 

[Skippydo]

I posted about freezemarking a little while ago and someone gave me this link to Farmkey which i found really helpful.
Are you having your grey done? Mines a grey, did you know you can personalise your freezemark

eg: - G1TS

http://www.farmkey.com/farmkey/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

 

[Hippona]

Hi...yes, the grey is being done, I think it should be ok cos he's black skinned?

Lol re the personalised ones...I could think of plenty

...... but they are more expensive aren't they?

 

[Skippydo]

It's £24.95 extra which isn't too bad if you wanted a really good one.
You can't use I O or Q but you could sub those with 1 or 0 (don't know about Q

)
Here's the page on Farmkey.
http://www.farmkey.com/farmkey/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=74

 

[Hippona]

Hmmm.....cool, got me thinking now.....

DE5I,T08Y...TW0T

 

[burge]

Remember when having a grey done they need to be done for twice as long as the actual hair producing cells need to be killed off. With a bay etc they only need to kill the pigment producing cells so it grows back white. Therefore a grey needs to done on the shoulder or else the resulting bald patches will be prone to rubbing/sunburn. Hope this helps.

 

[Skippydo]

PL0D
PR1K
BL0B
F0CK
TW1T
RA1N
C0BS
L0VE

 

[Skippydo]

OMG can't stop now
CR0P
DR1P
EX1T
J0KE
LAM1
MAM1
NAP1
SH*T

 

[MochaDun]

Mine was done by Farmkey about 5 years ago and very happy with them.

 

[Hippona]

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Remember when having a grey done they need to be done for twice as long as the actual hair producing cells need to be killed off. With a bay etc they only need to kill the pigment producing cells so it grows back white. Therefore a grey needs to done on the shoulder or else the resulting bald patches will be prone to rubbing/sunburn. Hope this helps.

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Thanks for that.....shoulder it is for him then, he's a sensitive weed anyway

 

[Skippydo]

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shoulder it is for him then, he's a sensitive weed anyway

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That's what worries me to be honest, he was a big girl yesterday when he had an injection

I was also told when i posted that in winter you will have to clip a square out so that you can still see it cos the winter coat obscures it, that's if you don't already clip.

 

[DuckToller]

If you have a white grey and your freezemark is bald, then you need to clip it out just to make it show otherwise the hair grows all around it and partially covers it.

 

[christi]

heres my personal freezemark from Farmkey cost £25 more.
the lady was lovely who did it .

 

[Hippona]

aww..thats cool...nice horse BTW

 

[Chumsmum]

I had Farmkey last year for my three and was very pleased.

Just out of interest, how many of you keep up the yearly subscription? What with the credit crunch etc, I'm trying to keep costs down and wondering whether to risk not paying it and hope the freezemark alone will put thieves off?

 

[Dogstar]

I had Freezemark Ltd and preferred them, their service was excellent & I was able to choose personalised marks with only two digits, so less discomfort for the horse and less distracting. They did the marks perfectly first time.

 

[Skippydo]

Me likes that what a good choice, and lovely horse

 

[Donkeymad]

Freezemark.biz are far better in my experience.(and the original marking company)