Author: cheryl
Date: 07-14-08 10:23
I am raising my 4th lamb crop and this year I am having trouble with losing ear tags. I maybe lost(pulled out) 1-2 during the year off my older sheep but this year it is the lambs. 5 of 24 have pulled out the little, softer custom tags and now 3 of the white, slightly larger usda tags. They are not ripping the ear(slicing through) but actually pulling through the hole.
The environment hasn't changed, fact they are spending more time in electric netting enclosures.... I have either 4" x4" sheep and goat woven wire or 2" x 4" woven wire and only a small part they are exposed to is normal farm fence(they can stick head through) Up in the barnyard there are rigid wire panels. I am finding the tags in the middle of paddocks, not on or near fencing.
Any ideas on why this is happening? Can I put replacement tags through the same hole with out expecting a high chance of losing another tag?
My equipment and tags are from premier.
Thanks, Cheryl
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