It’s bangs vaccinating season for the veterinarians so we were lucky to get the calves here done on a 40 degree day, which is the warmest I remember for this job. Since it has to be done before the heifers are a year old, we do it in January or February and often use a propane torch to keep the tattoo ink thawed. Not so this time!
Before the calves are vaccinated and tagged, the guys select the replacement heifers that will stay on the ranch. That way, the ones that go into the ranch’s cow herd have bangs tags in numerical order.
In addition to the vet’s work on the day, the replacement heifers also get their ranch ear tags.
The Head Honcho brought the calves to the chute (although in this video it looks like he’s just holding the fence up), I ran the gate into the tub, Shawn pushed them up the alley, Ed gave them the final push into the chute and put the ranch’s ear tags in, and Clint ran his hydraulic chute, bangs vaccinated and put the metal bangs tags in.
The girls went through like troopers and things couldn’t have gone any better.
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