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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1574647" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>They are tattooed at birth, ear tagged after the ear develops and is less prone to damage, and then ultimately freeze branded. </p><p></p><p>We have our mommas split up in groups, not all together. It's pretty easy to see a calf nursing, separate it from the momma and watch her go ballistic, and then know who is who. </p><p></p><p>I use Z tags now, did use the two piece tags before. I'm gun shy on tags because last summer I tagged a very nice Raindance daughter and within a week the ear became infected. I am super clean with the equipment and dip everything in 99% alcohol and spray iodine on the pierced part after tagging, but this one now has a droopy ear as a result. She looks outstanding otherwise, and it's no big deal because she will never be leaving our ranch, but I just don't like the way it looks cosmetically. By waiting a few weeks and switching to the one piece tags I have eliminated that problem. She was the only one in years that has happened to, but one is too many for me.</p><p></p><p>As a back up everyone is DNA tested so I'm certain of "numbers matching" progeny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1574647, member: 37967"] They are tattooed at birth, ear tagged after the ear develops and is less prone to damage, and then ultimately freeze branded. We have our mommas split up in groups, not all together. It’s pretty easy to see a calf nursing, separate it from the momma and watch her go ballistic, and then know who is who. I use Z tags now, did use the two piece tags before. I’m gun shy on tags because last summer I tagged a very nice Raindance daughter and within a week the ear became infected. I am super clean with the equipment and dip everything in 99% alcohol and spray iodine on the pierced part after tagging, but this one now has a droopy ear as a result. She looks outstanding otherwise, and it’s no big deal because she will never be leaving our ranch, but I just don’t like the way it looks cosmetically. By waiting a few weeks and switching to the one piece tags I have eliminated that problem. She was the only one in years that has happened to, but one is too many for me. As a back up everyone is DNA tested so I’m certain of “numbers matching” progeny. [/QUOTE]
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