Tattooing Question....

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Hope this is in the right spot, and sorry if it's a dumb question...

I just got assigned my tattoo from the ADGA and it's WMR1. How do I identify between babies, obviously I would add more than just that so they all don't have the same tattoo. There must be a system or something that I don't know about. I mean would I do the first baby WMR11 and the second one WMR12... but then number ten would be WMR110? I thought they were only supposed to be 4 digits... Confused any help appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[goodolboy]

Sorry, I don't have any idea.

 

[RainySunday]

For ADGA (AGS is the same), there is a letter designated for each year (this year is D, I think). The herd tattoo goes in the right ear, and the letter goes in the left ear.

With the letter, there is a numbering system. First baby born on your property of the year is D1, next is D2, next is D3 and so on.

Now for Boers/kikos/anything not adga or ags, I have no idea.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Your assigned herd tattoo goes in the right ear. Do not change it! They won't allow any awards/titles if the tattoo has been tampered with or changed. The left ear will start with the letter for the year, 2013 is "D", then the number of the animals birth order on your farm....first will be D1 and second D2...Next year will be a different letter.

You can find a ton of info on the website. www.adga.org

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

For the NKR I have to do the prefix in one ear and date and number in the other. So SHK in one ear and this year number is C so C1, then C2, then C3 etc.
Prefix then date and number

 

[20kidsonhill]

Boer goas is herd prefix in right ear. Ours is LHF5, and then a letter for the year plus a number for the kid in the left ear. For ABGA it is the letter "c" this year. So it would be C01, C02, C03 or you can do C201, C202, C203. You can use any numbers as long as they don't repeat on the same kid for that year. \

I find it interesting that Boer goats are C this year and Nubians are on the letter D.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Most meat goat registries use the same letter for the same year. Like all the Kikos registries are C this year. Looks like the Boer ones are too. Dairy breeds use another one. the NDGA is a D this year so it seems dairy breeds are a letter ahead.

 

[goodolboy]

Man, goat # look complicated. :/

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Not really.

IDENTIFICATION
From the NKR Handbook

All animals should be identified with both permanent and external identification. Acceptable forms of permanent identification are tattoos in the ear or tail web and microchips. Ear tags are not considered permanent. Animals that are permanently identified must also have some form of external identification such as a tag in the ear or on a neck chain.

Tattoos. The herd prefix should be in the right ear; the left ear should be tattooed with a letter to indicate the year the animal was born and a unique identifying number (usually the ear tag number).

Year Indicator. NKR uses the meat goat industry standard alphabet identifiers to indicate the year in which a goat was born. These are:
2009 Y
2010 Z
2011 A
2012 B
2013 C
2014 D
2015 E
2016 F
2017 G
The letters I, O, Q and U are not used.

Easy peasy to me. Mine are SHK C1, SHK C2, SHK C3, SHK C4 so far.

 

[goodolboy]

NKR? What is that? Is this the same for sheep? Our flock is JMK. We just use a 4 didget # after that.

I've been kickin' the idea around for a while now about tatooing our ewes that we keep on the farm. I wouldn't have to keep up with the lost tags that way.