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Cattle Identification and Specialized Feeding

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Feeding the Cows live today

What happens here

The presenter discusses the importance of ear tagging for identifying individual cattle, noting that it helps track good, not-so-good, and dangerous animals, as well as pregnant cows. He points out a pregnant cow (number 48) that is 'bagging up' and a young bull calf named 'Cody.' He also highlights a creep feeder, a specialized feeder that allows only calves to access feed, preventing larger cows from eating it. He mentions that in the future, Cody will be neutered to become a steer.

Goal: Explain cattle identification via ear tags and demonstrate specialized feeding for calves.

Tools and materials

  • Cattle Ear Tags — Identifying individual cattle for management purposes
  • Creep Feeder Tarter — Providing feed access exclusively to calves