We have ordered and used the mini tag. It worked great on our little Jacob
lambs. We had our name "MossySpr" put at the top and then a number starting
with 1. Each year we plan to use a different color to mark our lambs so that
will give an age at a glance. Then the number will tell which ewe the lamb
came from hopefully. Hope all goes well with your tagging. The lambs didn't
bleed or anything when tagged. Nancy
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>1. I am semi-official! (Diane Wright)
>2. mini tag approval (Diane Wright)
>3. Re: mini tag approval (Carol J. Elkins)
>4. polled Barbados Blackbelly ram lambs for sale (Carol J. Elkins)
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> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:27:16 -0400
> From: Diane Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [blackbelly] I am semi-official!
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> Whoo hooo!!
> I heard back from the state today with my "official" premise ID number!
> Now "all" I have to do is get the tags then attach the tags & I will be
officially official. :-)
> Thank you ALL for your help!
> Diane
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> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:05:44 -0400
> From: Diane Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [blackbelly] mini tag approval
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> Buenos Dias!
> :-)
> I just spoke with a rep at Premier about scrapie tags, and she said their
new MiniTag has been
> approved for the mandatory program as of early this month.
> If you have a 2005 'Equipment that Works' annual catalog... the MiniTags
are pictured on pg 27 or
> check online at
http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=757&cat_id=103
>
> She said 7-9 characters will fit if you're wanting the tags personalized
somehow (Farm name).
>
> Has anyone used these as ID or whatever prior to the govt ok as scrapie
tags?
> Opinions?
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> Diane
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> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:00:33 -0600
> From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [blackbelly] mini tag approval
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> Diane, thanks for letting us know this! This is great news for our poor
> little sheep ears. I have not used the mini tags but I wouldn't hesitate
to
> endorse any tag that Premier sells. They have spent big bucks researching
> all of the European tagging products and the 2X tag was said to have been
> the absolute best tag for not ripping ears. If Premier thinks the Mini-tag
> is this good, then that is good enough for me.
>
> If you order these tags, please let us know your experiences.
>
> On the personalization, I have the animal's flock number imprinted on the
> tag. That way it does double-duty as a scrapie tag and as an animal ID
tag.
> Here is what is printed on BOTH sides of my 2X tags:
>
> USDA insignia and Premier insignia
> COPB07 (my USDA premises ID)
> 1234 (the animal's individual flock number that I assign)
>
> Carol
> P.S. The four or six of us enrolled in the voluntary scrapie certification
> program cannot use the Mini-tags because they are not tamper-proof. Our
> program requires us to purchase approved tamper-proof tags. Premier's 2X
> tag comes in a tamper-proof version. I hope that eventually Premier will
> creat a tamper-proof Mini-tag.
>
> At 11:05 AM 5/25/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >I just spoke with a rep at Premier about scrapie tags, and she said their
> >new MiniTag has been approved for the mandatory program as of early this
month.
> >If you have a 2005 'Equipment that Works' annual catalog... the MiniTags
> >are pictured on pg 27 or check online at
> >http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=757&cat_id=103
> >
> >She said 7-9 characters will fit if you're wanting the tags personalized
> >somehow (Farm name).
> >
> >Has anyone used these as ID or whatever prior to the govt ok as scrapie
tags?
>
> Carol Elkins
> Critterhaven Estate
> Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
> (no sh
