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<blockquote data-quote="showing71" data-source="post: 658412" data-attributes="member: 11621"><p>Well.... Since we have 2 breeds and crossbreds, we tag with different colors. Red for Angus, blue for Red Angus, and orange for crossbreds. When calves are born, they get tagged the same number and color as mom (left ear heifer, right ear bull/steer). After weaning and deciding who will be kept as a replacement or bull, they all get re-numbered.</p><p></p><p>Everybody gets tagged with the same first number, which is the last digit in the year (calves born in '08 start with 8, etc.). Then they get another number behind that, which has no particular order. So, for example, an Angus heifer will be red tag 81, a Red Angus would be blue tag 81, and a crossbred would be orange tag 81.</p><p></p><p>Above the big number, we put the dam's number just as a reference point. On the bulls, we put the dam's number and an abbreviation of the sire's name so it's easier to rattle off the bull's pedigree for a buyer.</p><p></p><p>All the purebred replacement heifers get freeze branded their tag number on their right hip. We sell a lot of crossbred bred and open heifers and yearling bulls, so we don't freeze brand those in case the buyer wants to re-number them. </p><p></p><p>Purebreds also get tattooed with their tag number and the letter that corresponds to the year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="showing71, post: 658412, member: 11621"] Well.... Since we have 2 breeds and crossbreds, we tag with different colors. Red for Angus, blue for Red Angus, and orange for crossbreds. When calves are born, they get tagged the same number and color as mom (left ear heifer, right ear bull/steer). After weaning and deciding who will be kept as a replacement or bull, they all get re-numbered. Everybody gets tagged with the same first number, which is the last digit in the year (calves born in '08 start with 8, etc.). Then they get another number behind that, which has no particular order. So, for example, an Angus heifer will be red tag 81, a Red Angus would be blue tag 81, and a crossbred would be orange tag 81. Above the big number, we put the dam's number just as a reference point. On the bulls, we put the dam's number and an abbreviation of the sire's name so it's easier to rattle off the bull's pedigree for a buyer. All the purebred replacement heifers get freeze branded their tag number on their right hip. We sell a lot of crossbred bred and open heifers and yearling bulls, so we don't freeze brand those in case the buyer wants to re-number them. Purebreds also get tattooed with their tag number and the letter that corresponds to the year. [/QUOTE]
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