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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 494282" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>RFID are manditory in Canada. There has been talk of making these tages useful for all sorts of things but for the common guy has yet to happen cheap enough. I would like to see it to manage herd health though.</p><p>We make sure when we put the tag in to go back and hand push the button into the tag.</p><p>RFID also goes in the ear in a different than say a regular tag.</p><p>Our RFIDs are buttons with a barcode # that goes into the first 1/3 of the ear. Then we also tag with a dangle tag for management purposes. If they lose one, we can manually cross reference with the other.</p><p>Would be nicer with an affordable reader though.</p><p></p><p>As for the twine problem, you have three choices.</p><p></p><p>1. Tell your partner to get with the program...gentley of course. We finally told ours if he wanted to throw a tantrum to head back to the house and not come out until he decided he was a adult...did not go over well...had some improved effect though</p><p></p><p>2. Suggest to your partner you'll take over the feeding and he can do the other chore</p><p></p><p>3. Go out after he feeds and take off the twine</p><p></p><p>And finally, show the partner the cost in using sisal VS plastic twine...got our partners attention. Not the immediate purchase) cost but the long term cost...dead cow, twine everywhere, tag replacement, time to p/u used twine, bearing wear and tear on tractors, enviromental, and anything else you can add to the bill.</p><p></p><p>wasting or saving money usually is a great motivator for change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 494282, member: 6198"] RFID are manditory in Canada. There has been talk of making these tages useful for all sorts of things but for the common guy has yet to happen cheap enough. I would like to see it to manage herd health though. We make sure when we put the tag in to go back and hand push the button into the tag. RFID also goes in the ear in a different than say a regular tag. Our RFIDs are buttons with a barcode # that goes into the first 1/3 of the ear. Then we also tag with a dangle tag for management purposes. If they lose one, we can manually cross reference with the other. Would be nicer with an affordable reader though. As for the twine problem, you have three choices. 1. Tell your partner to get with the program...gentley of course. We finally told ours if he wanted to throw a tantrum to head back to the house and not come out until he decided he was a adult...did not go over well...had some improved effect though 2. Suggest to your partner you'll take over the feeding and he can do the other chore 3. Go out after he feeds and take off the twine And finally, show the partner the cost in using sisal VS plastic twine...got our partners attention. Not the immediate purchase) cost but the long term cost...dead cow, twine everywhere, tag replacement, time to p/u used twine, bearing wear and tear on tractors, enviromental, and anything else you can add to the bill. wasting or saving money usually is a great motivator for change. [/QUOTE]
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