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It Works

Posted on March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Daniel begins the steps every newborn calf gets on our place. Soon after they’re born, depending on the weather, calves will be tagged with their mother’s number, an ear mark will be cut, and bull calves will be banded.

If the weather is too cold, we won’t tag them. Ears can easily be frozen and they’ll dock the price at the sale barn in a year if its ears are short. Instead, the number will be written on a strip of Velcro and attached to a leg so when the weather warms, it can be tagged.

Not all ranchers do this but this is what works for us!

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2 thoughts on “It Works”

  1. Marilyn says:
    March 10, 2022 at 8:28 AM

    Good plan, and “low tech”!

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  2. Joan Wood says:
    March 9, 2022 at 12:02 PM

    How did we ever manage without Velcro?

    Lower price for short ears??? Is that because there might have been careless care? (Sounds like an oxymoron!)

    I’m constantly amazed at all that goes into raising cattle.

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on our working Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherds, Bravo and Indy, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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