[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by 93nav

unclebillly, hope your friend heals up fast.

How is the weather for you? Things still muddy? On the calf in the tub, what does the tag mean?

The one in the tub is the one that came from my friend. 2020 is an 'H' year and 11 was the next sequential number in our calves for the year.

2013 = A 2027 = R
2014 = B 2028 = S
2015 = C 2029 = T
2016 = D 2030 = U
2017 = E 2031 = W
2018 = F 2032 = X
2019 = G 2033 = Y
2020 = H 2034 = Z
2021 = J 2035 = A
2022 = K 2036 = B
2023 = L 2037 = C
2024 = M 2038 = D
2025 = N 2039 = E
2026 = P 2040 = F

We have to track our calves in terms of meds, etc. This calf will be a Freemartin calf (female twin of a male / female pair) so she will most likely be sterile. She won't make the grade for breeding stock so she will be just sold in the fall to a feedlot. We have 2 other Freemartin heifer calves that will have the same fate this year. If we were keeping her to breed, we would have put the numbers of the sire and dame on the tag as well. We also need to put a CCIA RFID tag in her before we sell her or slaughter her to tie her carcass to our farm.