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eartag notching

  • 12-05-2011 12:56pm
    #1
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Notching not switching!

    I've 2 bulls on the go in different groups of cows. I want to identify potential daughters of good cows as replacements.

    I'm thinking of drilling a hole or cutting a semi circle out of tags, before tagging the calf, so that for example a notch on the left side of a tag is a good heifer or by a particular bull, and a notch on the bottom means the animal is going for beef or by a different bull.

    Is it legal to notch tags this way? Anyone know?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.

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Comments

  • #2
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Would you not just write the number down?


  • #3
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Tag them twice, in one ear, the second tag (a jumbo tag) being coded for your own information.


  • #4
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    johngalway wrote: »
    Would you not just write the number down?

    Thanks John I write them down, but I just want to be able to tell at a glance what bull they are by and whether to beef them or breed from them. I used to write ai codes on jumbo tags when milking cows, found it handy, esp when ai ing the heifer, but the marker faded over time.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #5
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    I save my sheep info as a draft message on my phone. Can look it up quickly, but it's not at a glance.


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