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Monday, December 27, 2010

Ear Tags..

When we purchased our first 4 Miniature Cheviot sheep , 2 of them were ear tagged, like this:(not our sheep)












Essentially, it is a plastic ear piercing (usually) with a numbered tag like this:
















Although I hate the idea of putting such a large hole in my sheep's ears and placing a tag that in most cases hangs out beyond the ear and would easily be ripped out if the animal had its head stuck through a small space - be it fencing or just shrubbery, I thought it was probably the most effective way to identify our sheep. I was wrong. These plastic tags crack and break off. I suppose that after a few years, the plastic becomes brittle and therefor, cracks and breaks to pieces. This is what has happened to some of our tagged sheep.

Case in point ~ Our ewe on the left still has her ear tag. Ewe on the right does not!
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  1. panavia999January 25, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Maybe the plastic tags are usually on sheep which are slaughtered so do not need to last so long?

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