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her life you know she needs to be mated to a vikingholstein
sire
. if the original
breed
used was jersey (jersey x holstein cross), then the calf would get a yellow ear
tag
and would be mated to a vikingjersey
sire
. ? simply
tag
the heifer calves with the coloured
tag
that identifies the
breed
she needs to be mated to. no matter who is managing and mating your cows at any time, they will know what
breed
of
sire
to mate with the cow because of the
tag
colour. ? the brighter coloured
tag
s are used so the cow id numbers you write on the
tag
with a permanent black marker are easy to read. ? alternative
tag
ging method: some farmers (usually large herds) have only the one coloured
tag
already pre-printed with id numbers ready for the rush of heifer calves. this is also easy to work with as you just write a h (=vikingholstein) j (=vikingjersey) or r (=vikingred) after the id number with the permanent marker to show which
breed
she needs to be joined to in the rotation. example of the mating plan when you start of with a holstein cow and a jersey
sire
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