[Jacob-list] Removing ear tags.

[Linda]

What kind of tags do you use, Victoria?  I bought the button tags from Premier.  The free tags for the mandatory program in Georgia don't have your flock number on them, but I was assigned a flock number.  Or they didn't when I got them. It may be different now.  The tags I bought from Premier to comply with the voluntary program do have my flock number on them.  The inventory form has a column for SFCP tag and one for "other tag".  I'll leave in any tag for either the mandatory or voluntary program, but I'm going to cut out any individual flock id tags.  I wouldn't think there would be any restriction on that.  I don't like the look of tags at all.  Two, maybe I can get along with, but not three :-) After the tag has been in for awhile the ear should have healed, the same way as pierced ears do.  I've cut some tamper proof tags out before and there wasn't  blood - just a clean hole.  

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


> The Calif. State vet  has had me keep the ear tags from the former

> owners , out of state or not, so they could trace to that  flock.

> I am to put my ear tag on the other ear.  So some of my girls look

> like they have unmatching earrings.  I was told that once an ear

> tag goes in, it must not be removed..... for tracing

> purposes...cannot imagine the blood flow from removing these tags

> with the way ours are put in.  The reason I got my own tags from

> Premier was that they can be read without catching each sheep and

> it has more air flow between the 2 parts so I have never had an

> infection or one pull out.  If the only purpose of these ugly tags

> is to trace the sheep from origin, why would they tell you to

> remove any of the tags? I am getting pretty good at getting the

> tags in quickly so the

> trauma is minimal but in my opinion the sheep would truly look more

> primitive without all the ear gear. Victoria --- jacob-list-

> request at jacobsheep.com wrote:


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