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<blockquote data-quote="txag" data-source="post: 39844" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>some slightly different answers from CRR:</p><p></p><p>What do you put on your tags? many years ago when my dad started raising registered cattle, he started w/#1 & has numbered consecutively since that time. the heifers get one color tags & the bulls another. the commercial herds are numbered a little differently. all the commercial calves get the same color tag & they also are numbered consecutively but they have a prefix to designate which pasture they were born & raised in. </p><p></p><p>some people put a lot more info on each tag. sire, dam, dob, etc. there's really no right or wrong but designating sex by tag color really helps sort from the front.</p><p></p><p>When should calves be weaned? we wean at 7 mos. most registered animals use 205-day weights for performance evaluations.</p><p></p><p>When should they be vaccinated? calves should be vaccinated at a couple of months old & then boostered a month or two later.</p><p></p><p>when should they be drenched? we don't drench. </p><p></p><p>When should bulls be carstrated? we band at birth</p><p></p><p>When (what age) should bulls be put in with heifers or cows? if you're talking age of bull, that would depend on the bse of the bull and the number of cows you want to use him on. if you're talking age of heifers, we breed them around 15 mos of age so they calve as 2-yr olds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="txag, post: 39844, member: 8"] some slightly different answers from CRR: What do you put on your tags? many years ago when my dad started raising registered cattle, he started w/#1 & has numbered consecutively since that time. the heifers get one color tags & the bulls another. the commercial herds are numbered a little differently. all the commercial calves get the same color tag & they also are numbered consecutively but they have a prefix to designate which pasture they were born & raised in. some people put a lot more info on each tag. sire, dam, dob, etc. there's really no right or wrong but designating sex by tag color really helps sort from the front. When should calves be weaned? we wean at 7 mos. most registered animals use 205-day weights for performance evaluations. When should they be vaccinated? calves should be vaccinated at a couple of months old & then boostered a month or two later. when should they be drenched? we don't drench. When should bulls be carstrated? we band at birth When (what age) should bulls be put in with heifers or cows? if you're talking age of bull, that would depend on the bse of the bull and the number of cows you want to use him on. if you're talking age of heifers, we breed them around 15 mos of age so they calve as 2-yr olds. [/QUOTE]
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