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[frenchie]

 

[Stepper]

frenchie,

Is that something just in the picture or does thoes cows have tags on their briskets ?

 

[frenchie]

frenchie,

Is that something just in the picture or does thoes cows have tags on their briskets ?

Yep in the brisket. best tags every made I.M.H.O. I have never seen one lost yet

 

[WarriorPatriot]

Tags are the first thing I noticed. Ouch. I like mine in the ear.

 

[frenchie]

Tags are the first thing I noticed. Ouch. I like mine in the ear.

Betcha it hurts more in the ear.

 

[Cowdirt]

Good looking cows Frenchie. In very good condition for late winter. Well maybe mid-winter in Manitoba. :lol:

 

[Stepper]

frenchie,

I have never seen that done before. Is that something you came up with on your own ? Has anyone else ever seen this done before ?

 

[IL Rancher]

I've seen it before on dairy cows for sure.. Can't recall if I have for beef.. Brisket tags...

 

[Sage]

I helped do some brisket tags in about 100 heifers for a friend that pastures in the forest. I don't care for them, very labor intensive, but they are retained much better that the ear tags.

 

[frenchie]

frenchie,

I have never seen that done before. Is that something you came up with on your own ? Has anyone else ever seen this done before ?

Stepper lots of people use them up here, lot easier to read than a eartag.Also gives me a number to cross referance an eartag

 

[Stepper]

Well that is pretty sharp. I could see where it would be harder for them to lose than a ear tag. I have just never saw a brisket tag before.

Do they bleed any when you tag them there ?

 

[cfpinz]

Have any trouble with infection with the brisket tags?

cfpinz

 

[Sage]

we used basically a big leather punch to put a clean round hole in the skin just above the "cod piece", no bleding but have heard of a chanc if infestion and the tag being removed. The tags have a U shaped wire with a plastic sleeve that is run through the hole and the ends through the tag then bent out. The biggest problem with the tags is putting them in, every yearling that we did had to go in the chute, a halter put on them with a rope tied to a nearby gate. The one person used the gate to streatch their neck out while another put the tag in.

 

[sidney411]

Do you put brisket tags in calves? Do they have to be changed out as the calf grows?

 

[DiamondSCattleCo]

If you brisket tag calves, they do not have to be changed out. I quit using dangle ear tags, and started using Ketchum steel ear tags when the calves are born. If they make the cut and move to breeding stock, I run them through and brisket tag.

As far as infection goes, just be clean about it. If you drop the wire in the dirt, wipe it off with betadine. Depending on where you get the brisket, you may get a little light bleeding, but no more than hitting a vein on an ear tag.

Rod

 

[mnmtranching]

frenchie,

I have never seen that done before. Is that something you came up with on your own ? Has anyone else ever seen this done before ?

Common in the big ranch country MT and WY. Looks like it works good.