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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 1223094" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Yes only the keepers get numbers. Calves are tagged the same as their mothers, its much easier to sort for pastures and make sure that they get there with their mama. Its not good to send mama to one pasture and baby to another <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> .</p><p></p><p>Once in a while we see worse than ears and tails, usually it is feet, which you won't often find out about until mid summer. We do our best to try and keep frozen ears and tails from happening, and definitely feet. We have one that froze his nose last spring, that was a new one, and his feet are fine. He's a pretty good steer, but he looks funny. We will eat him. </p><p></p><p>He was one that shouldn't have happened, we were checking every couple hours, and his mama, a heifer just dumped him out in between. -40 wind chills don't take long to freeze them, and very unusual to have temps like that in March. Hindsight, we should have probably brought him to the house, but thought he would be fine, he was up and looking to suck when we found him.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, if its cold enough, they will lose their ear/s after being tagged(up to the tag). Because it interferes with the blood flow, and I think the tags attract the cold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 1223094, member: 2308"] Yes only the keepers get numbers. Calves are tagged the same as their mothers, its much easier to sort for pastures and make sure that they get there with their mama. Its not good to send mama to one pasture and baby to another :mad: . Once in a while we see worse than ears and tails, usually it is feet, which you won't often find out about until mid summer. We do our best to try and keep frozen ears and tails from happening, and definitely feet. We have one that froze his nose last spring, that was a new one, and his feet are fine. He's a pretty good steer, but he looks funny. We will eat him. He was one that shouldn't have happened, we were checking every couple hours, and his mama, a heifer just dumped him out in between. -40 wind chills don't take long to freeze them, and very unusual to have temps like that in March. Hindsight, we should have probably brought him to the house, but thought he would be fine, he was up and looking to suck when we found him. Sometimes, if its cold enough, they will lose their ear/s after being tagged(up to the tag). Because it interferes with the blood flow, and I think the tags attract the cold. [/QUOTE]
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