The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Flippin ear tags!!!!!!          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message Chris Kurzfeld Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Carmarthenshire Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:28 am    Post subject: Flippin ear tags!!!!!! After feeling so good at puttin in my first tags in the lambs ears I'm now fed up! Why do they always pull them out? When their mums first came they did the same till i got the tags that were in 2 parts. Somehow the 2 ewe lambs have managed to lose one each and one ram lamb has managed, God knows how, to almost pull the thicker part through the hole!!! I've had to take it out and treat the hole as it was bleeding. As these tags end up each side of the ear and not looped round them I haven't a clue how they have managed to lose them - how do others stop this? Back to top danndans Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: aberystwyth Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: we dont do our lambs till there in the trailer and ready to go to there next port of call Back to top Chris Kurzfeld Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Carmarthenshire Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:54 am    Post subject: Good idea but the girls are staying and i didn't fancy doing the rams when they had grown up - bit of a coward at heart . Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7347 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:09 am    Post subject: nonie tends to get hers to stay in mine don't i've got a fully grown nanny to retag ,in the next couple of days before the point show ,she caught the smaller bit of the front of the tag in a wire fence and ripped it out ,she can be a grumpy moo at the best of times ,any volunteers , Back to top danndans Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: aberystwyth Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:17 pm    Post subject: If i was a bit closer milkmaid i'd come and do it for you bit toooo far for one tag tho!! and chris, make sure the female part of the tag is on the inside of the ear, so the mail part is inside the ear when in place, Dan Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7347 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:23 am    Post subject: if you were closer i'd take you up on the offer ,she really is a moody moo good milker though you'll have to post a few pics of your dexters ,haven't had a cow fix for a few weeks now Back to top Chris Kurzfeld Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Carmarthenshire Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:56 am    Post subject: Thanks danndans, I had been told this when the shepherd did the others last year and thought i had carefully done it that way - but with my nervousness I could easily got a few wrong! Back to top danndans Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: aberystwyth Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:12 pm    Post subject: Milkmaid, if i could post some pikis i would, urm having a duurrr day!! how do i o it?? Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7347 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:20 pm    Post subject: same as me i used camera ,managed to get them on to computer i'll wait till a small child is available chris they still manage to pull them out no matter how good at putting them in i've tagged and retagged everything today oh said i only married him for his brawn Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group