This photo shows our ear tagging system, in case you've wondered about the different coloured tags in our calves' ears.
We breed and raise just enough dairy calves to come into the herd when they're two and those girls always get the Yellow tags.
All other calves are by beef (mostly Angus) fathers.
We breed and raise just enough dairy calves to come into the herd when they're two and those girls always get the Yellow tags.
All other calves are by beef (mostly Angus) fathers.
The Red tags are bull calves - raised by us and sold at about 6 months old.
The Green tags are heifer calves. These are bought by a couple who raise them long term.
The Green tags are heifer calves. These are bought by a couple who raise them long term.
The White round tags in the other ear are part of the National tagging system, keeping track of each and every animal from birth to death. Every time the animal moves farm, etc, it must be recorded/transferred on the national database system.
Colour coding really helps us to see at a glance who is who!!
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn
Interesting.Thanks for that info…
ReplyDeleteInteresting to read Raewyn - sounds complicated but I guess it isn't when you do it all the time!
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