how to remove breeding harness crayon marks?

byardbabe

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Hi all,
This year I decided to try a breeding/marking harness instead of hand breeding. It sure makes it easy to see who was serviced and when. Also Bullwinkle is a busy guy after dark!! My queston is does anyone know how to remove the crayon marks once they are done? Any advice, suggestons ect would be appreciated. Thanks
 

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try the orange hand soap for grease? GoGo hand soap. Just guessing, but we do use the orange hand soap on our bucks legs for the yellow stains.
 

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Thanks 20kidsonhill, I'll try that. All my goats even Bullwinkle are blue from head to hoof!!
 

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We've never tried to remove them...they always disappear on their own anyway within a couple months.

I agree with 20kids, you can try a soap for grease and just give your goats a bath :) Dawn might work, too.
 

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Yep, the marks fade really well, and I think most people just leave them. The crayon scours out once the sheep is shorn (and the fleece is washed). Besides, I like looking at the colorful butts. :p

Oh geesh, this is the goat forum, not the sheep forum. It'll be even easier then! I bet the color will all fade away on its own, but if not Dawn, Ivory, or Orvus will work.
 

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If you think your animals look bad... You should see my sheep after I used the red raddle paint. It looked like a mountain lion went on the loose...
Even my Great Pyrenees had red paint all over him...

The paint usually comes off in less than a month. Then again, I have hair sheep and it has been raining a lot
 

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Thanks everybody,
I think I will just wait for it to fade. I got the blue crayon, and now all my babies(goats) are blue!! They do look pretty funny though.
 
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