Dave
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It is interesting how many ways they have to mark bred cows. This a picture of a cow that came through La Grande last week. She has a blue paint 4 on the hip. That means the vet called her 4 months bred. The horizontal line on her shoulder means she is a solid mouth cow. A spread mouth cow would have a vertical line on her shoulder. A BM cow the vertical line would be about mid way. A vertical line on the hip means she is a smooth mouth cow. The horizontal line with a dot above it would be a 3 year old. Heifers get an H on the shoulder. Paint on her tail head would mean she was not bangs vaccinated.
Vale is similar but not the same. I always have to think about it when there. The bangs vaccination gets a big V or NV on the cows side. And the tail head is the mark for 8-9 year old cows.
At Toppenish they put colored ear tags in them. There is a big board above the auctioneer explaining the different colored ear tags and which ear they are in and their meaning.
And the E/lazy D on the right rib means she belongs to me or my wife. But she doesn't claim them very often.
Vale is similar but not the same. I always have to think about it when there. The bangs vaccination gets a big V or NV on the cows side. And the tail head is the mark for 8-9 year old cows.
At Toppenish they put colored ear tags in them. There is a big board above the auctioneer explaining the different colored ear tags and which ear they are in and their meaning.
And the E/lazy D on the right rib means she belongs to me or my wife. But she doesn't claim them very often.