Age to tag?

[chinsNdobermans]

We are going to start tagging ears this year.

I just have one question - at what age do you tag kits? Do you tag them all, or only potential showers/breeders? Obviously if you wholesale, you don't tag those kits right? We don't wholesale, but that seems like it'd be undesirable, right?

 

[mishalaa]

I only tag the ones I show and I tag them when I start prepping them, about 4 weeks before their first show, so the youngest I have tagged is about 4 months. However, I've had a LOT of standards born this year and will be expecting more, it's getting to the point where I have to wean three standards together. I may have to start tagging weanlings just to tell them apart.

 

[RDZCRanch]

I tag at weaning and I only tag those I plan to show.

 

[KissThis]

I usually only tag those that go to shows or those I keep for breeding. It makes keeping track of who carriers a sapphire gene easier. Sharpie marks in the ears works really well for telling weanlings apart. I will also tag any that I sell, if the buyer wants me to, though most pet people don't want ear tags.

 

[chinsNdobermans]

I currently do the sharpie marks for my litters.

This is all very helpful, thanks guys!

 

[Cuddlebug]

I use the sharpie method, too, but I have only three litters or less at any given time.

 

[mishalaa]

I've never liked the sharpie method because you have to replace the mark so often. I trim tails instead, but that doesn't work if you have more than two together. =p

 

[chinsNdobermans]

I asked my husband to get me some tags an an applicator for my birthday, which is in two weeks.

Two years ago he bought me my show light setup.

I'm so obsessed.

 

[aznmexaggie]

I tag all my weanlings that I plan on holding back for show. I wean my kits in groups and I have mostly standards born here so it's necessary in order to tell them all apart!

 

[Godins Chinchillas]

Do you guys usually leave room for ear growth?

 

[RDZCRanch]

I have on some, but some I don't. Doesn't seem to make a difference either way. But having it not hang off keeps the other weanlings from trying to play with it.