: I've been using the calf tag now for two years...definitely better<br>: retention than button back tags. I have two negatives though. They are<br>: sometimes really difficult to pierce properly on soft ears (real young calves)<br>: because the ear folds up. The back part is the same size no matter what the front<br>: tag is. So you have to be careful to make sure it is all the way through. And second,<br>: they are not re-usable, with button backs, animals that went to market I removed the tags<br>: and recycled them. So a batch of 50 feeders could be used on the new calves the following<br>: year. Guess I could cut the ear instead of the tag! but really don't want to do that.<p>Reusing would not be an issue with me. At this<br>time I'm doing well just to get a tag in a calf's<br>ear in time to identify the calf's mother before I<br>send the calf to the sale! Have you had any <br>problems with the animals flopping their ears and <br>causing eye problems or injury? That's why I had<br>a question regarding the regular or long neck calf<br>tags!<br>Thanks, Phil<br>