Brass Lamb Tags
Very low cost, low profile tag. The animal must be caught to read it once it is installed. It will stay in ear for years if inserted correctly.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Specs
Brass
Numbered consecutively, one side only.
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Equipment
SuperLube™, 8 oz
Item #550800 -An all-purpose antiseptic OB lubricant for lambing and kidding. Very useful if a lamb (or kid) goes dry during birth.
$6.00 -
Applicators
Brass Ear Tag Applicator
Item #615100 -Quick, easy way to install brass tags. Lightweight. Easy to control.
$19.50 -
Docking and Castrating
Pine Tar (squeezable bottle), 16 oz
Item #623200 -Cover wounds on sheep, goats, chickens and guardian dogs to repel flies and biting insects. Effective for several days after application.
$16.00 -
Docking and Castrating
Catron® IV, 10 oz spray can
Item #888147 -Used for treating sheep with fly-strike and as a preventative after docking, castrating or ear tagging. 10 oz spray can.
$12.00
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Eliot V from Maine
The low cost and low profile of these tags is why I choose them; I hate to see a fly-pestered sheep incessantly shaking her ears with big clunky plastic tag bouncing around. I'm sure it doesn't feel good. Also, I love the aesthetic of these tags, the way they seem almost more like jewelry than anything else. That said, if my sheep were wilder and harder to handle, I would probably choose something that can be read from a greater distance. And applying these to a young lamb does require greater care in placement, due to the closed-loop form of the tag - too close to the edge of the ear, and the tag will be prone to tearing out; too far in from the edge, and the ear will not have room to grow. On a newborn lamb, I try to place the tag so that the ear fills about half or just slightly less of the space inside the tag's loop.
Altogether, I feel that these may not be for every situation, but are a great product for me and my needs.
Sharon B from New Mexico
The tags are fine but no instructons as to how to put them in. We have used other tags over the years but these are new to us. Finally went online and found the instructions. It was not the tags that were a problem it was the applicator. These will solve a special problem for us--as we are older and have worried that if something happens to us no one will know which sheep is which if they have pulled out a normal tag. These will give a double identifiction.
Dave H from Iowa
We've been using brass tags in lambs for decades as a backup tag to our scrapie tags. It's always a bit challenging to find one that 'clicks' together on application. This brass tag from Premier (2019) is a new style from years past, and it is wonderful! They don't fall off the cardboard sleeve in the package, and they clearly 'click' together when applying it to the ear. Much easier to read than older styles, too.
Earl B from Oregon
These are a good quality product.
Cathy S from Iowa
Perfect for newborns, can ID them right away then apply larger tags at weaning. My 12 year old ewe was still wearing hers when she retired.