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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 658393" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>OK, here is what ours means. It is pretty simple really.</p><p></p><p>Each and every cow in the herd gets a tag when she comes into the herd, either bought as a bred cow or breeding heifer, or shortly before they go out to pasture to be bred. I reuse tags, and I reuse #'s so if we sell a cow I will reuse her number on the next cow that needs a tag. </p><p></p><p>They are simply numbered. I start at 1 and work my way up. Every # may not have a cow attached to it at any given time. Right now we have approx 140 cows and yearling heifers and have #'s up to 170.</p><p></p><p>When a cow or heifer calves that calf gets a tag with the SAME # as its mama. Boys get orange, girls get white. Having them tagged the same as mama makes it a lot easier when we have to sort, or if we have a sick cow or calf. It is pretty easy to find the other half of the pair when they are tagged the same.</p><p></p><p>In addition to our herd management tag, all heifers get a tatto starting at 1 and including the year #. So this year I started with 1W and am now at 47W. This way, no matter what happens, short of her literally losing that ear, I will always have a permanant ID for each and every cow. Steers all get a RFID tag (mandatory in Canada for animals that are going to be sold) when they are born. Any heifers that we decide to sell will get a RFID tag shortly before they are sold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 658393, member: 2308"] OK, here is what ours means. It is pretty simple really. Each and every cow in the herd gets a tag when she comes into the herd, either bought as a bred cow or breeding heifer, or shortly before they go out to pasture to be bred. I reuse tags, and I reuse #'s so if we sell a cow I will reuse her number on the next cow that needs a tag. They are simply numbered. I start at 1 and work my way up. Every # may not have a cow attached to it at any given time. Right now we have approx 140 cows and yearling heifers and have #'s up to 170. When a cow or heifer calves that calf gets a tag with the SAME # as its mama. Boys get orange, girls get white. Having them tagged the same as mama makes it a lot easier when we have to sort, or if we have a sick cow or calf. It is pretty easy to find the other half of the pair when they are tagged the same. In addition to our herd management tag, all heifers get a tatto starting at 1 and including the year #. So this year I started with 1W and am now at 47W. This way, no matter what happens, short of her literally losing that ear, I will always have a permanant ID for each and every cow. Steers all get a RFID tag (mandatory in Canada for animals that are going to be sold) when they are born. Any heifers that we decide to sell will get a RFID tag shortly before they are sold. [/QUOTE]
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