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I have been tagging at birth for years with varying success, just for pedigree reasons rather than performance recording. This past year I decided to use those little metal Roxan tags that go next to their heads, in case the real tags got pulled out. Which happens a LOT when I tag at birth, often both tags .
Don't bother with Roxan. I wonder where these companies actually trial their products. The points aren't very sharp and you end up bending the whole clip affair, so when you DO finally get the pin through the ear, it won't fit in the fold-over catch. I was going to post a photo but couldn't find one, maybe they stopped doing them now. Anyway, all but two of them pulled out also.
The design of sheep tags is such that if you put them in correctly i.e. the point pointing forwards from the back, then the animal number is on the back of their head. WHY?? Funnily enough, the sheep don't like to come up to me and put their heads down so I can read their numbers. I don't think the tag companies are really making an effort. Why would you want to see your flock number when looking at a sheep? WHY don't they print one of the sets with the animal number on the front?
BTW I have had good luck in the past catching lambs with a fishing net strapped to a long pole.
Don't bother with Roxan. I wonder where these companies actually trial their products. The points aren't very sharp and you end up bending the whole clip affair, so when you DO finally get the pin through the ear, it won't fit in the fold-over catch. I was going to post a photo but couldn't find one, maybe they stopped doing them now. Anyway, all but two of them pulled out also.
The design of sheep tags is such that if you put them in correctly i.e. the point pointing forwards from the back, then the animal number is on the back of their head. WHY?? Funnily enough, the sheep don't like to come up to me and put their heads down so I can read their numbers. I don't think the tag companies are really making an effort. Why would you want to see your flock number when looking at a sheep? WHY don't they print one of the sets with the animal number on the front?
BTW I have had good luck in the past catching lambs with a fishing net strapped to a long pole.