Livestock Marking chalk/sticks

[spinandslide]

Does anyone know how easily the marking stick's come off an animal's hide? Weird Question I know...Am needing to draw a skeleton on my mare for my son;s halloween costume class in 2 weeks and thought those livestock marking sticks might do the trick....provided they wash off semi easily.

 

[TexasBred]

Does anyone know how easily the marking stick's come off an animal's hide? Weird Question I know...Am needing to draw a skeleton on my mare for my son;s halloween costume class in 2 weeks and thought those livestock marking sticks might do the trick....provided they wash off semi easily.

Sarah....just squirt it with a good dose of WD-40 and take a curry comb to it....will come right off and leave her pretty and slick :nod:

 

[Brandonm22]

You have much more artistic skill than I do if you can pull that one off. I once tried to write the ear tag numbers of a set of bulls on their sides with paint sticks so there would be less confusion in a sale (we could bring 3 in at a time without having to turn them so much for the buyers to read the ear tags). THAT was an absolutely idiotic idea in practice and I think created even more confusion with the audience. It is hard enough to put a 5 or a 6 on the side of a bred cow (to indicate how many months bred she is) where it is legible.

 

[msscamp]

Does anyone know how easily the marking stick's come off an animal's hide? Weird Question I know...Am needing to draw a skeleton on my mare for my son;s halloween costume class in 2 weeks and thought those livestock marking sticks might do the trick....provided they wash off semi easily.

I don't know about the marking sticks, but a can of spray paint will wear off in a couple of weeks - last year one of our boarders ended up with a spray-painted mare, courtesy of a couple of mischievious buddies with way too much time on their hands! :lol: No ill results, except she did look a bit funny for a week or two.

 

[ToddFarmsInc]

Do they make glow in the dark paint sticks? :???:

 

[dun]

Am needing to draw a skeleton on my mare for my son;s halloween costume class in 2 weeks

You might have angie bleach one into the hair. I understand she's real handy with the clairol bottle!

 

[bigbull338]

those paint sticks will wear off in a week or 2.an sooner if if it rains.

 

[bigbull338]

we used them for 27yrs to mark bucket cows 3 teated cows kicking cows an dry cows.so i know how good they work.

 

[spinandslide]

thanks everyone...WD40..ole reliable..that and duct tape..how anyone got along without them is beyond me.

msscamp-not sure how good I can get with some spray paint..even those small bottles of colored hairpsray you see at walmart around halloween..just not sure how well I could control the can

 

[deenranch]

use any color but orange. The orange won't come off when it rains. All the other colors will come off in the rain. Good luck

 

[grannysoo]

thanks everyone...WD40..ole reliable..that and duct tape..how anyone got along without them is beyond me.

Don't forget wire to go along with that. What duct tape won't fix can be repaired with a piece of wire.