ear tag???

[fitwind]

I just got my DD a boer goat for her 4-H market goat project. He does not have an ear tag. What do I have to do to get him a ear tag? He needs it for her to show, does anyone know? OHhhhh and I will post pics of the cutie, she named him "Scream". I do hope I didn't make a mistake, I didn't know he had to have an ear tag.

[Manchamom]

The number for info on the scrapies tag program is 866-USDA-TAG. If it hasn't changed, he just asked about how many goats we have, what breed, what use. He assigned a number and sent us 100 tags and an applicator. It was fairly painless and I've never heard anything from them in 12 years.

[Backfourty,MI.]

Hopefully they won't send you those BIG plastic tags. If they give you a choice ask for the skinny metal one's that alot of folks use for goats around here.

I bought a nubian baby with one of those big plastic tags last year & her ear kept getting all crusty & yucky around the hole where the tag was. I was putting TriCare on it & everything & it just wouldn't clear up, I think air couldn't get in there was part of the problem.
I cut the tag out of her ear & it cleared up in a few days. She no longer has a tag.

[dustin biery]

You might also talk to your local 4H leader and find out. Some states and counties require you to 'nominate' market animals and will tag them at the nominations.