bvd replacment tags

valtra2

hi not sure wheather this has come up before but any of last year tags that are missing in your wenlings can be replacd free of charge if they are the sample tag, 10% of mine missing one tag,

moy83

valtra2 wrote: »

hi not sure wheather this has come up before but any of last year tags that are missing in your wenlings can be replacd free of charge if they are the sample tag, 10% of mine missing one tag,

Nice one . Was there a defect with last years tags or why are they replacing them free ?
I only ordered a few replacements last week , pity I didnt know then

J.O. Farmer

How do they know which tag is gone. If an individual was economical with the truth could they not get a replacement for a conventional tag.

valtra2

not sure, think they were so many missing they had to do something, she asked me did i read about it in the farming indo

valtra2

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

How do they know which tag is gone. If an individual was economical with the truth could they not get a replacement for a conventional tag.

would anyone do that eh:D

grassroot1

It had been highlighted last year some where and I needed to order missing tags so I mentioned it when ordering tags in December but the girl on the phone said that I needed to sent in the broken tags for a free replacement. There is clearly a problem with them but of course the farmer will be caught again:mad: (how the fcuk would I find broken tags in a slatted tank)

valtra2

no i rang today about them and she took numbers and will send them out and also credited my account for ones that broke, never asked about sending in broke ones

Justjens

Rang Mullinahone last year ordering replacement tags and just mentioned that a calf had lost it's BVD tag. She told me that if I sent it in for analysis I would be issued with a new one, that's grand I said but it's somewhere in the middle of a 10 acre field, and if she was free Saturday she was more than welcome to come and help look for it because I sure as hell wasn't going to bother my arse wasting time, I would be more than happy to pay for the replacement as that was the 'cheaper' option.

She felt sorry for me and sent it on anyway!!

J.O. Farmer

grassroot1 wrote: »

It had been highlighted last year some where and I needed to order missing tags so I mentioned it when ordering tags in December but the girl on the phone said that I needed to sent in the broken tags for a free replacement. There is clearly a problem with them but of course the farmer will be caught again:mad: (how the fcuk would I find broken tags in a slatted tank)

That answers my question then.
Would you not empty the tank with some kind of sieve to stop the tag being sucked up and then risk your life going into the empty tank to find the tags.
Alternatively you could maybe take a picture of the conventional tag still in the animals ear and send that in an email. The only problem with the second plan is it's not likely to be accepted by mullinahone. It would make it too easy to claim the replacement. If you want a freebie you have to earn it.

EamonKilkenny

I rang a couple of days ago to order 5/6 replacements that were all genuinely last years Bvd tags and before I got to say it she told me they were free of charge. Happy days. Only for seeing these posts I would have ordered them online and been charged full whack. Thanks!

Greengrass1

Rang up today. 12 heifers missinfmg tags from last year.
If I didn't get them now they would surely loose the others and I'd be well fcuked

LivInt20

How do you order these replacement tags??

Greengrass1

LivInt20 wrote: »

How do you order these replacement tags??

Ring up euro tags in mullinahone

Livestockmad

grassroot1 wrote: »

It had been highlighted last year some where and I needed to order missing tags so I mentioned it when ordering tags in December but the girl on the phone said that I needed to sent in the broken tags for a free replacement. There is clearly a problem with them but of course the farmer will be caught again:mad: (how the fcuk would I find broken tags in a slatted tank)

I was told the same sh##e

biddy2013

also a problem of tags coming loose in the box, make sure you check the numbers before you tag, didnt happen other years

EamonKilkenny

LivInt20 wrote: »

How do you order these replacement tags??

Ring mullinahone Co-op and you will be put trough to the cattle tag section. Don't have the number but you will get it handy on line

biddy2013

0529153102

Greengrass1

Got my replacement tags today.
Letter with them saying I owe them 20e