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abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Replacement tag
« on: May 20, 2020, 10:56:53 am »
Hello,
One of my lambs has managed to somehow rip its EID eartag out. When replacing it, should I order it with the flock number where it was born and where I got it from, or my flock number?

Thanks,

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2020, 11:11:33 am »
You have two options:

1) An exact yellow replica of the tag that's been lost (not necessarily from the same tag company, but with the same flock and animal number), OR

2) Also remove the other tag, and then re-tag with red replacement tags which will have your own flock number on them.

If you go with the red tag, record in your book that the original tag was lost, and that you have re-tagged with your new number UK0[your flock number], [the new animal number from the replacement tags] etc.

HTH!
"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." -Terry Pratchett

abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2020, 12:28:13 pm »
Thanks Womble,
They only had one yellow EID tag as they are meat lambs, so if ok I'll just replace with a replica tag with same number.

Thanks a lot!

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2020, 04:41:17 pm »
Aha!

I'm not so sure of my ground with this one, [member=186354]abc123[/member] , but that means it's a batch slaughter tag, and my understanding is that they don't have a unique number, just a "batch" number for the animals.


If that's right, you could possibly ask the place you bought them from for a replacement tag, as they may well have one already that's identical.

Can somebody more knowledgeable either confirm or deny this please?
"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." -Terry Pratchett

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2020, 05:49:15 pm »
Please  ,when was he born  2020 or 2019 as different rules  -- 2020 you need to buy a red slaughter tag with your flock number  and replace with this then cross reference with the original tag flock number in your holding register  or you could upgrade to a pair of red tags with your flock number and again cross reference  . 
« Last Edit: May 20, 2020, 06:27:12 pm by shep53 »

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2020, 07:45:35 pm »
To read the chip  (individual  number ) in a slaughter tag would require a reader and iv'e never heard of anyone asking for a replica  ??    Pairs of breeding tags are easy as you can just read the individual number on the non eid one and order replica pair

abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2020, 01:40:29 pm »
Please  ,when was he born  2020 or 2019 as different rules  -- 2020 you need to buy a red slaughter tag with your flock number  and replace with this then cross reference with the original tag flock number in your holding register  or you could upgrade to a pair of red tags with your flock number and again cross reference  .


It was 2020. OK I'll do that many thanks. They were all tagged in 2020 so does this mean they should all have red tags? Or is that just for replacements.

Thanks,

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2020, 02:08:03 pm »
Red tags for sheep needing retagging that weren’t born on your holding. The red tags have your flock number on. The colour red denotes that they were not born on the holding.

abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2020, 02:13:10 pm »
Thanks twizzel.  :thumbsup:

abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2020, 03:23:03 pm »
Please  ,when was he born  2020 or 2019 as different rules  -- 2020 you need to buy a red slaughter tag with your flock number  and replace with this then cross reference with the original tag flock number in your holding register  or you could upgrade to a pair of red tags with your flock number and again cross reference  .

Sorry, just to clarify, what do you mean by cross referencing?

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2020, 05:16:14 pm »
Near the front of your holding register is a section record of replacement tags and for a slaughter tag  you put the old flock number in one column and the new flock number ( yours ) in the second column   etc this just shows that you have changed the tags and the gov will already have been notified that on a certain date you bought certain tags and will have a list of the numbers .  This all means that that particular lamb can be traced from holding of birth to its death
« Last Edit: May 21, 2020, 05:50:19 pm by shep53 »

abc123

  • Joined Oct 2018
Re: Replacement tag
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2020, 01:03:38 pm »
Thanks shep53.

 

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