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<blockquote data-quote="4vcattle" data-source="post: 1659720" data-attributes="member: 25354"><p>We switched to one piece z-tags a couple years ago.</p><p>We have always put a large tag and a small tag with same number, so if one was gone we had a back-up.</p><p>Two years in the numbers on large tags were unreadable, but we felt ok in that the small back up tags were doing there job. Long story short that summer the cows starting losing the small tags/ gone .</p><p>This was a train wreck as we fall calve.</p><p>Contacting local rep on issue. Very responsive and honest with problems they had.</p><p>The tags being sold by local feed store were cheapest version they had, they need to be ( forget term)</p><p>Lazered in lieu of just ink impressed on top which wears off.</p><p>The small tags they sold were feedlot tags which are not designed for long use, which has its place. It explains why they started disappearing.</p><p>He went on to ask if we had calves with bent ears etc from tagging, which we had a few. He explained, this was due to the molding process in which one out of 10 in a group were defective and wound bend over a tear through ear.</p><p>I had thought I just did a bad job of tagging these little guys.</p><p>He strongly recommended we switch to there two piece system in future. </p><p>The z tag company provided us with new tags to retag the entire herd free of charge, which I felt was stand up, as well as being upfront admitting issues they had.</p><p>The new tags are doing well.</p><p>Go with tags two piece</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4vcattle, post: 1659720, member: 25354"] We switched to one piece z-tags a couple years ago. We have always put a large tag and a small tag with same number, so if one was gone we had a back-up. Two years in the numbers on large tags were unreadable, but we felt ok in that the small back up tags were doing there job. Long story short that summer the cows starting losing the small tags/ gone . This was a train wreck as we fall calve. Contacting local rep on issue. Very responsive and honest with problems they had. The tags being sold by local feed store were cheapest version they had, they need to be ( forget term) Lazered in lieu of just ink impressed on top which wears off. The small tags they sold were feedlot tags which are not designed for long use, which has its place. It explains why they started disappearing. He went on to ask if we had calves with bent ears etc from tagging, which we had a few. He explained, this was due to the molding process in which one out of 10 in a group were defective and wound bend over a tear through ear. I had thought I just did a bad job of tagging these little guys. He strongly recommended we switch to there two piece system in future. The z tag company provided us with new tags to retag the entire herd free of charge, which I felt was stand up, as well as being upfront admitting issues they had. The new tags are doing well. Go with tags two piece [/QUOTE]
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