tdc_cattle
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I put the moms number on the front. D.O.B and my brand on the back. One tag in the right ear.
Why not use the international year letter instead of the digits?Ky hills":3edveenh said:This year, I'm putting 16, on the top part of the tag, written kind of small, then just the calf's id number on the main part of tag.
dun":3vmfou6s said:Why not use the international year letter instead of the digits?Ky hills":3vmfou6s said:This year, I'm putting 16, on the top part of the tag, written kind of small, then just the calf's id number on the main part of tag.
dun":d2dhw3n5 said:The animals individual ID. Letter for year and digits for the number that calf was born in that year. Heifers in the left bulls/steers in the right. I have a "Wheel Book", (older enlisted sailors will know what that is) with all of the other genetic information plus expected calving dates/calving dates and her offsprings ID.
We use blank tags and mark them ourselves.hillbilly beef man":3dxwb5k8 said:dun":3dxwb5k8 said:The animals individual ID. Letter for year and digits for the number that calf was born in that year. Heifers in the left bulls/steers in the right. I have a "Wheel Book", (older enlisted sailors will know what that is) with all of the other genetic information plus expected calving dates/calving dates and her offsprings ID.
Dun, can you find tags with the letter on them or do you use a tag pen? This is the system I want to use but I cannot find tags with letters.
So far the oldest tag is 8 yearshillbilly beef man":28sa19r2 said:How many years can you get out of a pen marked tag before it fades?
Ky hills":m51iizmr said:This year, I'm putting 16, on the top part of the tag, written kind of small, then just the calf's id number on the main part of tag.
hillbilly beef man":5ap0pm5n said:dun":5ap0pm5n said:The animals individual ID. Letter for year and digits for the number that calf was born in that year. Heifers in the left bulls/steers in the right. I have a "Wheel Book", (older enlisted sailors will know what that is) with all of the other genetic information plus expected calving dates/calving dates and her offsprings ID.
Dun, can you find tags with the letter on them or do you use a tag pen? This is the system I want to use but I cannot find tags with letters.