Ritchey Ear Tags

[sic 'em reds]

If the z tags were engravable like the Ritchey's, my problem would be solved.

Outrigger, does the laser engraved show up well, or is like a gray color? I know the Allfelx laser tags appear to have a gray color. I have the ranch name hot stamped on the bottom of my z tags, and that wears of in about two years. I think alot of that had to do with the fly spray the cows gat put on them with a sprayer though.

 

[outrigger]

the #'s are big which i think helps the most. they are grayish in color. i write the dam on the back of the tag.

 

[jodywy]

the white inside is much better than the black. it is hard to see with the darker colors. JMO

I agree. We use the blue with white inside, we purchase blank tags so we can put our own numbers and the sire on them. We use a dremel tool. Numbers never fade, just sometimes they lose their tag, that's why we freeze brand our replacement heifers every year.

I use a chain saw sharper with a dremial bit, can put a motor bike battery in a saddle bag that way. We use yellow and white with a black center.

 

[101]

I have used every kind of tag made and and have never found one I have really liked, The Ritcheys are some of the best I just don't like putting them in. I have found a new Tag at Nasco, one color with another color cut out and put on top at (http://www.enasco.com/farmandranch ) in search type in (EZCee Cow Tags ) I have had them in my cows going on two years now look really good so far they are resuseable also with the button type.

 

[George]

I have tried several tags and still think Temple tags are the best - - - they are hot stamped so that after 4 or 5 years when the numbers are hard to read they are still imprinted and can be re inked and they are still the only tags made in America.

The front of the tags fades but the back side ( my name, address and phone number ) is protected from light and don't fade.

I know these hold up well as we changed area codes in 1998 and I still have several cows with the old area code - - -I have had to re ink the front but the back is still like new. I also take calf tags out and replace with cow tags if I keep a hiefer but then I place the calf tag in the other ear to trach blood lines and they work great.

I like large red tags with black ink in the cows and medium yellow tags with black ink for calves the best as with age I can't see as good as I would like but I can still read these well.

 

[Hanta Yo]

Had a neighbor freeze brand. The first year we had about 4 days of snow right in the middle of calving and he commented that you can't read a freeze brand through a heavy coat of ice.

Can't read anything if they don't have an ear tag, either

 

[Soapweed]

Had a neighbor freeze brand. The first year we had about 4 days of snow right in the middle of calving and he commented that you can't read a freeze brand through a heavy coat of ice.

Can't read anything if they don't have an ear tag, either

One thing about it, if a cow or two lose their eartags, they still have somewhat of an identity because they are the ones without tags. In the case when all the cows are covered with snow or ice for several days, they are all without identity. For this reason, I prefer ear tags over freeze branding.

We use the Ritchey universal tags of jumbo size for our permanent cow numbers, and use Y-Tex buttons and a Y-Tex tagger to install them. In addition to this, we place a small button number (Y-Tex brand) of the same number, in their other ear. Even if they lose the Ritchey tag, we can still tell what number the cow should be by looking at the little button tag. Of course, they have to be in the headcatch before this can be determined.

For our calves, we use the Z-tags by Farnam. They work fine until we sell the calves or put permanent numbers in our replacement heifers.