Duct Tape Marks Newborn Calves

Duct Tape Marks Newborn Calves LIVESTOCK Dairy 17 One winter a few years ago we had severely cold windy weather while calving a large herd of cows We brought many of the calves into the barn to thaw out and warm up We’d get them warmed up and full of colostrum before taking them back out to their mothers In order to make sure we never had a mix-up or confusion as to which calf was which we started putting a piece of duct tape on their backs to tell them apart We didn’t want to use ear tags because some of the ears might have already been frozen so the calves could lose their ear tips We wrote the mother’s number with a marking pen on the duct tape Made it quick and easy to identify each calf The duct tape stays on well and it was often still in place a week or more later Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Heather Thomas Box 215 Salmon Idaho 83467 ph 208-756-2841

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