Sheep tagging

karolmc100

I bought a number of sheep recently with only 1 tag .I am keeping them for breeding.what is the tagging procedure do I cut out this tag and put in two of my own

rangler1

karolmc100 wrote: »

I bought a number of sheep recently with only 1 tag .I am keeping them for breeding.what is the tagging procedure do I cut out this tag and put in two of my own

We had two inspections last year and both inspectors insisted that you can't cut out a tag but I was sure you could if you correlated the numbers with the new tags.....any way they backed down and i haven't heard anything since, we must've been right.

Here's your options from their own rules.

) Ordering a matching single conventional mart tag for the left ear
bearing the same tag number as the existing EID Tag in the right
ear;
or

(b) Re-tagging with a new EID Tag or Bolus Set and correlating
the new tag number to the old tag number in the flock register

ganmo

Just to add to that rangler, you'll have to note the full tag number of the tag ya cut out, that is with the 12 digit flock identifier