You would want pretty small tags for goats. They're usually 2-piece with one piece pointed to pierce thru the thin-cartilage part of the ear, avoiding obvious veins, the pointy piece locking into the numbered plastic tag. There's a special plier-type device just for these, most of the time, they don't even flinch. I use these all the time to make record-keeping easier on my feeder steers. There is no actual requirement here in the US.
The tool you’re looking for looks like leather belt punch but you might also want to buy the tags that will hang from the holes created from that punch.
Personally I would recommend tattooing their ears. You can buy tattoo it’s from a couple different places. The downside is you need to actually hold the goat to see the tattoo.
They make tag guns and tags, just ensure they go together. It’s a small learning curve but it gets easy quickly. Just watch where you are placing in the ear, too deep and the skin gets thick and lots of blood vessels, too thin and it risks catching it on something and ripping it out when scratching. Good luck, I hate branding
Check www.premier1supplies.com for the right equipment at a good price and great customer service. They will even preprint the tags w/whatever you want for no extra charge. Someone mentioned tattooing, which is best for dairy goats that will be shown, but for a herd of 200, small tags are the way to go. Dip the tag spike in alcohol and swab the ear (both sides of the ear) before applying, and infection risk is next to zero. Hope that helps!
Find out what the law is in your state. Some require 2 means of identification... Tattoo, numbered tag, chip. Pick 2. We did tags with chips built in. It also depends on the herd...you don't want two number fifteen for instance... also want different tags for bucks and wethers vs does.
You would want pretty small tags for goats. They're usually 2-piece with one piece pointed to pierce thru the thin-cartilage part of the ear, avoiding obvious veins, the pointy piece locking into the numbered plastic tag. There's a special plier-type device just for these, most of the time, they don't even flinch. I use these all the time to make record-keeping easier on my feeder steers. There is no actual requirement here in the US.
Pretty straightforward and easy on the critter.
The tool you’re looking for looks like leather belt punch but you might also want to buy the tags that will hang from the holes created from that punch.
Personally I would recommend tattooing their ears. You can buy tattoo it’s from a couple different places. The downside is you need to actually hold the goat to see the tattoo.
https://www.caprinesupply.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Tattoo+
Here’s a link to their ear tags.
https://www.caprinesupply.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Ear+tags
They make tag guns and tags, just ensure they go together. It’s a small learning curve but it gets easy quickly. Just watch where you are placing in the ear, too deep and the skin gets thick and lots of blood vessels, too thin and it risks catching it on something and ripping it out when scratching. Good luck, I hate branding
Check www.premier1supplies.com for the right equipment at a good price and great customer service. They will even preprint the tags w/whatever you want for no extra charge. Someone mentioned tattooing, which is best for dairy goats that will be shown, but for a herd of 200, small tags are the way to go. Dip the tag spike in alcohol and swab the ear (both sides of the ear) before applying, and infection risk is next to zero. Hope that helps!
Probably would be fine.
We tattoo the inside of the ears on our specific breed of small cattle. The registry keeps the numbers with all the info on the exact cow.
Indelible sharpie write info onto the tag.
Tell them it is mandated.
I admire your sympathy to animals; hope you find what you need for your friend. Sorry I can't help.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/livestock%20tags?
Tractor Supply has tags specifically for sheep and goats. They're a bit smaller than the ones for cattle.
At some point, go to valleyvet.com and look at the info with what they sell.
Find out what the law is in your state. Some require 2 means of identification... Tattoo, numbered tag, chip. Pick 2. We did tags with chips built in. It also depends on the herd...you don't want two number fifteen for instance... also want different tags for bucks and wethers vs does.
There's a ton of videos on You Tube.