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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 354 Registered: 07-2005  Rating: N/A |
Most people tattoo. Goats rip out ear tags way too easily as they like to get into high brush, where other livestock won't go. If you are selling for meat or breeding animals you are supposed to have a Scrapie ID number (get this from your state vet's office), that would go in one ear (usually the right). Then in the other ear (usually the left) you can put a letter and a number denoting what year and in what order the goat was born on your farm. Many registries recognize 2006 as being W. Then you would tattoo W1 in the first kid born, W2 in the second kid. The 2 tattos together make a unique ID for each goat. There are many computer programs out there for keeping records on livestock. Do a google search, there are even some listed on Ebay. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Roy Jason Skidmore New member Username: royjasonskidmore Post Number: 18 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
Looking for a way to keep recods on goats been using the digital camera but that getting hard to keep up with. Should I use ear tags? Is their a program for the computer to use to keep these records?? |