Greg gives a detailed discussion on ear tagging livestock and why he does it
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Keeping track of the cows in your herd is extremely easy with plastic ear tags. Much easier keeping track of your new calves and pairing them up with mom is a snap.
Can’t tell ya how much I appreciate all your videos Greg. Perhaps you could do one on castration? Band vs cut, and your process
Greg we started tagging our heifers in one ear steers in the other. Makes it Easy to separate or identify the different sexes.
Lisa G - yes, we do the same thing. Good practice.
@@HeritageFarmsTexas Or different colors.
That's great! Hopeful future cattle raiser enjoying these tidbits, hopefully utilized in the future.
Steers get a BLUE tag and Heifers get a PINK tag. We started doing this two years ago with the Y-Tex tags and wow does that make sorting them easier. If we keep them, after they are pregnant, we tag them with a yellow tag to match our cows.
Another educational video. Thank you Greg.
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We get or make tags with numbers on BOTH sides of the tag AND we tag both ears. We go over hand written tags 3 times for each character to etch the writing in better.
We use Allflex tags and marking pens.
Thanks for the video Greg. Great advice, as always.
Good information, really would love to see you actually tag the ears, enjoy your videos
Thank you for this AND all of your videos! Please finish the one you promised on electric fence grounding. Thanks!
Excellent points Greg!
Thank you.
I was doing some research on tagging systems and there was a suggestion of using letters for years to give more options for the first symbol less overlap as I assume there may be a few 2010 vintage cows around your place. Might be something to try this year.
I like using the "no snag" brand ear tagger. It's a little different, but I love watching your videos!
I got experience moving and leaving calves behind, not proud of it but it taught me a lot. I now look for the last 4 calves born before moving and that seems to be working great. Seems once the calves reach about 2 weeks old they get to know they better keep up with the herd moves.
Another great video. Great advice.
I love this man!
Have you ever covered how you sell your finished animals?
I need to do a video on that!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Yes!!! Finally!!!
Definitely would be interested in this as well! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Greg.
As a computer geek I have to ask, is there any advantages to using RFID tags? Maybe go full geek and use a drone to periodically scan their whereabouts to gather some raw data that can be analysed in some meaningful and insightful way. Thanks for the videos.
Probably expensive compared to a simple tag. you'll need an expensive long range reader bc the drone may freak out the cows, then cost could he high depending on the rfid tag itself.
Mr. Judy, I've noticed there are no tags in your sheep.....how do you keep track of those offspring?
Could you please do a video of what a grass finished South Poll steak looks like?
I am pretty sure if you spray hair spray on the tag after you number it you will seal it. Cheap Hair spray is lacquer thinner and lacquer.
At about 7:30, the round thingies are known as grommets en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grommet
variously called a grommet, eyelet or bushing in different applications.
Used the two piece at first. Now I use Z Tags one piece ear tags, way way better.
Good video on tagging. Greg as a review for me, a calf tagged with the number 007 would be 00 = the year and 7 equals the 7th one born that year. So the number has no relationship to the mother other than on paper.
Another thing you can do is change colors every year. There’s quite a few
When tags fall out you have to check the ear tattoo to rehang it?My dad used to tattoo in the lip and the ear and tag the ears.Branding with liquid nitrogen was done as well.Still can lose some to rustling.I read that cattle theft is on the rise with some losing over 12 head in one night.Chipping like they do with pets is the good way to identify your stock as well.Happy New Year.
Never thought about chipping cattle. Do you think this is something that can be done yourself, or is a vet needed?
This has a rumin bolus available as well:www.ezidavid.com/Bolus.html
It is USDA 840 approved as well.There are others if you do the search.
good info thanks
It's mandatory in Ireland to have special eartag numbers and register the cattle and get a passport for each animal
James O Brien in Australia the electronic tags are mandatory, and every property with livestock has to have a property code, which is included on every tag. Ditto for bees - every apiarist has an apiary code, and every box is branded with that code.
No passports, though. That's not an issue here.
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Greg, sounds like a great system. We plan to start adding birth year to the tags for replacement heifers. In regards to non-pregnant cows freeloading your resources.. do you get all the momma cows pregnancy examined by a veterinarian?
Hi love watching your CZcams channel i see some people tag their calves in each ear, i understand thats a requirement of the usda for tracing animals in case of a disease outbreak such as we had bere in the uk in 2007 with foot and mouth but is it requirement too tag jn both ears, here before you can buy and keep any livestock such as sheep, cattle, goats or pigs we have to apply holding number from our local council and then a flock or herd number from the department of agriculture, sheep and cattle have to have 2 identifying tags if they are too be sent for slaughter
What is one to do when grazing stockpile winter forage that is very low in protein? Like for us in the south.
Lots of folks in the south plant Marshall rye grass in the fall to give them something green to graze in the winter. It does cost money to plant it, but it also costs money to feed hay.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher doing an experiment with Marshall/hay feeding. So far, no grain to maintain weight, and my cost to feed per head is at or less than 20 cents a day. #fingerscrossed
@@T1up4me12385 that is fantastic!
Hi Greg, I recall noticing tags in your videos. I remember yellow tags, probably a brain cramp.
Greg, can you talk about how you manage your bulls?
Have you done or will you be doing a video on how you make your tree swallow houses?
Yes we are in production mode right now. Will have that video made this week hopefully.
Greg, what are your thoughts on branding id vs tags? Also your year portion of the id should consider YY, so that 09 & 19 don't get mixed, especially considering you have a 18 yo cow.
G'day from Australia!
That spray iodine is brilliant. I used to have awful trouble with young goats with swollen infected ears until I changed disinfectant to use the spray iodine. Still using the same product now I'm farming cattle instead.
Also, do you not have access to pre-numbered ear tags? For my cattle I just have the mandatory white tags for animals tagged on the property of birth and an orange tag for my boss cow who wasn't tagged when I bought her, but with the goats I used the standard cycle of eight colours - so in my first year with them, we had black tags printed with white numbers, and I tagged doe kids 1 - 9 with those, then when the black tags came around again eight years later the first doe kid born that year was tagged with the number 10. So I could order a packet of tags that I knew was more than I needed, and just leave the leftovers in the bottom of the tool box until we needed them. Also when an animal lost a tag, I could replace it with the next tag in their colour series.
The colour cycle is used for cattle as well, but I don't have enough cows to need it for my own records, so they just have their mandatory tags.
How do you tag the ones you bought and didn’t have a tag?
What tag numbers you put on there?
Asking cause I just got into cattle and bought a few heifers and a bull that aren’t tagged.
In uk we have to tag one in each ear and then get them in government for a passport which has calf tag number cow number and sire number date of birth if you sell we have to go on website and move of and new owner does the same the passport goes with the animal now and again they come and check tags and passports
@@fooddude9921 it was in place before bse but they updated it with the BSE to be fair it's a good system website really nice to use and we can go on check calving records of each cow etc
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how do you use the numbers to identify the cow/steers/calves?
Wouldn't it be a good idea to put the mother cows tag number on the back of the calves tag
What do you do for sheep
Love the videos! Not to change the subject but any tips on leasing land to those of us who are completely ignorant on it because we've never tried to yet? I know every lease is different because there's so many variables but maybe something more detailed about it like some do's and don'ts, what to look out for, do you pay every month, year, upfront?
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@@SoilMatesofGeorgia I've been meaning to get both of them. Thanks, I didn't think about that!
ya sure explained thet good nough thet even ai cin tag ears,, the only thing ai,m concerned bout is wich ear fer bull/steer calfs an wich ear fer heifer calfs?or dont it matter?thank ya fer the video
russ sherwood just pick an ear. It’s up to you.
@@lisag2771 ai wasnt sure thets why ai asked thank ya
We picked the left ear for all our cattle since we work off the left side of the chute and you can read the tag easier while they’re in the chute. Pick one ear and stay with it.
Left ear heifer right ear bull. If you’re having a vet calf hood vaccinate for Brucellosis, the vet tattoos and puts a metal tag in the right ear. They appreciate not having to tattoo around your tag. I put a tag in each ear in case they loose one.
thank ya to fer the help
Do you tag your sheep Greg?
I was scrolling looking for that answer. Good question.
Why not put the number on both sides of the tag?
Greg has holy cows......they can do no wrong😊😅😉
If you have a calf overnight it won't have its Tag, so it won't be on the list.. so you've most likely left many calve across the field without their mommas..
Mr. Judy, do you recommend tagging at birth or when working calves at wInning?
If you listen close he’s talking about doing it at birth. It’s much easier to keep track of them.
Ours get temporary tags until we decide to Keep them as heifers or bulls, and if they go to the sale barn they keep the temp tag.
Drew w he tags 24 hours after birth so not to disturb the mother/calf bonding.
#winning !!! Lol I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.
I think you meant to spell weaning.
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What are your thoughts on the tags w bug spray? I’m not looking to sterilize the poop