Wether Identification

[Nanno]

You have to tattoo or tag in order to identify. I prefer tattoos over microchips for goats because if a goat is lost or stolen, the brand inspector and other folks in charge of identifying livestock are unlikely to scan for microchips in animals considered livestock. They do look for tattoos and ear tags. You can get ear tags and a tagger for free from your state vet. The tags from the state are small metal ones and not too disfiguring like the plastic kind. You can't do any kind of ID without having some sort of permanent identifier on the goat. ADGA wouldn't do a certificate of ID for Cuzco because he only had a tattoo in one ear and it didn't match any herd ID. Herd ID's are required for any ID system recognized by the USDA.