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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Calfie on July 18, 2014, 11:10:17 am

Title: tags and moving off holding
Post by: Calfie on July 18, 2014, 11:10:17 am

Hi I am very new to owning sheep and have a few soay ewes with lambs at foot. They are all tagged from their previous holding and paperwork was all completed. I have two ram lambs that I am not keeping and wondered if I need to tag them again with my holding details. Is the paperwork enough to trace them or do they have to have multiple tags when moved from owner to owner. They all have an EID tag and identifier tag. Sorry if this is confusing but I am no longer able to think straight ???

Title: Re: tags and moving off holding
Post by: farmvet on July 19, 2014, 11:41:51 pm

No you don't retag. 

Title: Re: tags and moving off holding
Post by: Fleecewife on July 20, 2014, 12:15:07 am

Any animals born on your holding need your own tags. 

Any animals born on another holding keep the tags from the holding of birth.

Title: Re: tags and moving off holding
Post by: Melmarsh on July 20, 2014, 09:34:13 am

Of course all you need now is the paperwork !!!!  Although now you have to get an account with ARAMS , the paper work is still valid but don't send it to your local trading standards office. Good luck with that bit  :roflanim: :sheep:

Title: Re: tags and moving off holding
Post by: Fleecewife on July 20, 2014, 02:55:45 pm

Unless you are in Scotland when it's SAMU as always.  I don't know for N.I.