Ordering tags online. Do they know what the last number was?

jersey101

Ordering tags online here. Do they know what the last number you got was? No option to tell them on it....

case 956

jersey101 wrote: »

Ordering tags online here. Do they know what the last number you got was? No option to tell them on it....

hope so I ordered mine last night online, wonder does it take long to get them

jersey101

case 956 wrote: »

hope so I ordered mine last night online, wonder does it take long to get them

You get an email saying they were being processed? Said to me I would get an email within 24hrs saying so.
Took 2 months last year to get tags in the spring.
Had a heap of calves going around with made up tags

biddy2013

jersey101 wrote: »

You get an email saying they were being processed? Said to me I would get an email within 24hrs saying so.
Took 2 months last year to get tags in the spring.
Had a heap of calves going around with made up tags

replacement tags take a couple of days new tags take up to 20 working days, so order well in advance, i was ordering replacament tags again there today online

jersey101

biddy2013 wrote: »

replacement tags take a couple of days new tags take up to 20 working days, so order well in advance, i was ordering replacament tags again there today online

Have 15 here so will be okay for Jan calves. Starting calving 20th Jan. So should have them in time.....hopefully

biddy2013

jersey101 wrote: »

Have 15 here so will be okay for Jan calves. Starting calving 20th Jan. So should have them in time.....hopefully

same here just ordered the big lot there now, will be interesting to see how long it takes for them to come. The mullinahone website is a big improvement on having to ring them

simx

have to order replacement tags soon definenetly have picked up 15 tags at least in last month in feed passage, on slats etc. dont think its a good idea to order that many at once as it might bring an inspection upon myself

biddy2013

simx wrote: »

have to order replacement tags soon definenetly have picked up 15 tags at least in last month in feed passage, on slats etc. dont think its a good idea to order that many at once as it might bring an inspection upon myself

So what do you do? Think it's better to have them ordered at least. Also you would be paying multiple times for postage

simx

biddy2013 wrote: »

So what do you do? Think it's better to have them ordered at least. Also you would be paying multiple times for postage

well i wont need all 15 or so as half of them will be gone in 3 weeks or so, will order for animals ill have for a while as ill be applying for QA, i know its stupid to be paying extra postage but inspections scare me ha

biddy2013

simx wrote: »

well i wont need all 15 or so as half of them will be gone in 3 weeks or so, will order for animals ill have for a while as ill be applying for QA, i know its stupid to be paying extra postage but inspections scare me ha

but if they come out to inspect and there are tags missing where do you stand? Would take the chance on ordering them tbh

simx

biddy2013 wrote: »

but if they come out to inspect and there are tags missing where do you stand? Would take the chance on ordering them tbh

sssshhhh, that wont happen :P

biddy2013

simx wrote: »

sssshhhh, that wont happen :P

I would prefer to have them ordered. Have a pair of tags here for a lunatic cow. She won't put her head out gate of crush and kicks back when you go behind her. I have the tags here for her what would you do?

jersey101

simx wrote: »

have to order replacement tags soon definenetly have picked up 15 tags at least in last month in feed passage, on slats etc. dont think its a good idea to order that many at once as it might bring an inspection upon myself

Wouldn't say so. As last ng as the cow has one tag and you have ordered them there is nothing they can do. Not your fault the cow lost her tags

moy83

simx wrote: »

well i wont need all 15 or so as half of them will be gone in 3 weeks or so, will order for animals ill have for a while as ill be applying for QA, i know its stupid to be paying extra postage but inspections scare me ha

But if you are ordering single tags as replacements would it flag anything on the system ? I wouldnt have thought so but I could be wrong

bbam

moy83 wrote: »

But if you are ordering single tags as replacements would it flag anything on the system ? I wouldnt have thought so but I could be wrong

I've spoken to plenty of lads who had whole herd inspections after ordering two tags for animals.
Best to order single tags as much as possible.

Miname

biddy2013 wrote: »

I would prefer to have them ordered. Have a pair of tags here for a lunatic cow. She won't put her head out gate of crush and kicks back when you go behind her. I have the tags here for her what would you do?

Wedge her into the crush with as many other animals as it takes. get a ratechet strap (without the ratchet) and drop the metal hook over the far side of her head. get a stick and pull that from under her and tie her side on to the nearest bar in the crush. then shes half held, aanother bit of ignorance and the tags are in.

dzer2

I dont have a problem with it as I order a lot of tage as calves put their heads out though bars to to drink milk and lose a lot of tags. I wait until I have 10 to order to keep the postage down.

moy83

bbam wrote: »

I've spoken to plenty of lads who had whole herd inspections after ordering two tags for animals.
Best to order single tags as much as possible.

I've about ten to order so ill keep my fingers crossed that I dont get any visit after it

biddy2013

bbam wrote: »

I've spoken to plenty of lads who had whole herd inspections after ordering two tags for animals.
Best to order single tags as much as possible.

Seriously that is total scaremongering. I order plenty of doubles over the years and the dept are not knocking on my door yet. If the tags are needed order them. Often find just after I have ordered some another animal has lost tags so I order again when it's fresh in my head

delaval

biddy2013 wrote: »

Seriously that is total scaremongering. I order plenty of doubles over the years and the dept are not knocking on my door yet. If the tags are needed order them. Often find just after I have ordered some another animal has lost tags so I order again when it's fresh in my head

I ordered a Moxy load mostly singled and a few doubles, this was for the test in Oct and no inspection yet

bbam

biddy2013 wrote: »

Seriously that is total scaremongering. I order plenty of doubles over the years and the dept are not knocking on my door yet. If the tags are needed order them. Often find just after I have ordered some another animal has lost tags so I order again when it's fresh in my head

Well I've spoken to three lads in the last year who had inspections after ordering doubles. Coincidence maybe but I know others who would never dream of ordering doubles, including myself.

biddy2013

bbam wrote: »

Well I've spoken to three lads in the last year who had inspections after ordering doubles. Coincidence maybe but I know others who would never dream of ordering doubles, including myself.

each to their own, had a calf health inspection earlier in the year, nothing to do with tags being ordered. Will continue to order as needed

Damo810

Could it be anything to do with herd size? I.e the lad with 10 bullocks ordering doubles would appear more suspicious than the fella with 150 cows ordering doubles?

moy83

Damo810 wrote: »

Could it be anything to do with herd size? I.e the lad with 10 bullocks ordering doubles would appear more suspicious than the fella with 150 cows ordering doubles?

Maybe , im not sure how many inspections are carried out as a result of the dept putting 2 + 2 together anyhow . I dont think working logically is how they do things , there are always the same lads getting away with murders and never seem to get inspected any more often as a result from what I see

hugo29

Same as that bbam, order in singles never a pair,

milkprofit

biddy2013 wrote: »

each to their own, had a calf health inspection earlier in the year, nothing to do with tags being ordered. Will continue to order as needed

Can u explain what that is

biddy2013

milkprofit wrote: »

Can u explain what that is

lost a good few calves 3 years ago with crypto, rotavirus etc, this triggered an inspection for me. Then i had a cow aborted vet blooded her and then dept guy rang to say i had been listed for an inspection and he would do the reblood and calf health inspection at the same time. He went through everything i do from day 1 with calves and took alot of notes- his brother was having similar problems and he was glad to get the info off me- walked around sheds etc, checked medicines record and herd register and that was it

biddy2013

replacement tags i ordered over the weekend came today, fairly good service, just a pity it took so many years to get to this stage

Omniscient

Ordered on the 2nd, dispatched on the 19th and delivered on the 20th with the numbers continuing from the last one.

Great service although long overdue as biddy said above.

biddy2013

biddy2013 wrote: »

I would prefer to have them ordered. Have a pair of tags here for a lunatic cow. She won't put her head out gate of crush and kicks back when you go behind her. I have the tags here for her what would you do?

tagged her this morning, she was like a pet lamb:D

Farrell

Was thinking of going down the route of the Electronic tags.
Have any of you done this, if so is there any difference in the 2 options:
"Electronic + Tissue Sampling Tag(s) Set" or "Combined Tissue/Electronic + Conventional Sampling", as in is 1 more prone to fall out than another?

Greengrass1

Got tags in post today l, ordered them online 3 weeks ago

biddy2013

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Got tags in post today l, ordered them online 3 weeks ago

got mine today too:D

hugo29

Got email confirmation mine posted, ordered 01st jan

onyerbikepat

Guys, anyone know if it is still ok to use the old style BVD Calf tags from over a year ago?
I still have a few here to use up. I ordered enough for about 1.5 years the last time I ordered.

RobertKK

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Guys, anyone know if it is still ok to use the old style BVD Calf tags from over a year ago?
I still have a few here to use up. I ordered enough for about 1.5 years the last time I ordered.

Perfect to use.

biddy2013

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Guys, anyone know if it is still ok to use the old style BVD Calf tags from over a year ago?
I still have a few here to use up. I ordered enough for about 1.5 years the last time I ordered.

I would assume so. Is it the green ones

hugo29

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Guys, anyone know if it is still ok to use the old style BVD Calf tags from over a year ago?
I still have a few here to use up. I ordered enough for about 1.5 years the last time I ordered.

no problems, use away,

onyerbikepat

biddy2013 wrote: »

I would assume so. Is it the green ones

Ya the little green button ones. The little sample bottle is the exact same as the new ones anyhow.
I rang Mullinahone just to check and only got answering machine.

biddy2013

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Ya the little green button ones. The little sample bottle is the exact same as the new ones anyhow.
I rang Mullinahone just to check and only got answering machine.

my neighbour still uses them, sure once they are tested thats all that matters