Q-flex® 1.2
Product Details
Small temporary ear tag for lambs, goat kids, and even exotics such as sea turtles and other zoo animals. Ideal for quick visual identification.
Q-flex® 1.2 are NOT Scrapie approved.
Customize your tags! We can customize your tags with consecutive numbers or farm/ranch name. Usually shipped within 2–3 business days.
Preview Your Tags Online!
We have upgraded our website to make ear tags easier to order. Follow the steps below to get started.While we now show a sample of your customized tags, please be aware that final imprinting may vary.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Specs
- Dimensions: 1-5/8" x 7/16"
- 20 tags per package
- Polyurethane, 2-piece tag
- Insert tags using Q-flex or Allflex® applicators.
- Larger than Qwik Tags.
- Tag colors in order of visibility and contrast of the printed numbers: Yellow, White, Spearmint, Salmon, Pink, Lime, Black, Blue, Fuchsia, Red, Green, Gray, Purple and Orange
- Can be custom imprinted or handwritten on with Marking Pens.
- NOT Scrapie approved
Customization
Follow the steps above to customize your tags online. (Note: While we now show a preview of your customized tags, please be aware that final imprinting may vary.)
Need a different customization option? You can provide special instructions during checkout. Or call us at 800-282-6631 to place your order.
How To Use
Use the Q-flex or Allflex® applicators to install the tags:
- The male and female tags will come to you slightly connected. You will need to tear them apart.
- Place the flag of the female tag under the metal spring finger. The printed side of the female tag will be against the jaw of the applicator. Slide the male tag over the metal pin. Be sure to push it all the way onto the pin. The printed side of the male tag will be against the other jaw of the applicator.
- Make sure the tag is correctly placed. Slowly squeeze the handles together to be sure the male pin aligns with the female opening (be careful to not put the tag together yet).
- Place the ear between the jaws of the applicator. While gripping the ear, quickly and firmly squeeze the handles together until the male tag is inserted through the ear and into the female tag.
Tag placement is critical to success! Avoid the large veins in the ear. Why? Tissue around damaged veins heals slowly—so it’s prone to infection.
Precautions
Note: We will print both sides (male and female) unless otherwise specified.
Inserting Tags In Cold Weather
Plastic tags (all brands) are much easier to install if they are warm. Why? As the temperature drops below freezing plastic becomes less flexible (more stiff) and forcing the male point of a tag through the female takes many more lbs. of pressure (because the female must expand).So if you care about your hands it’s a good idea to keep the tags above freezing in very cold weather. It takes very little to do this. One method is to simply store them while tagging in a small bucket, cardboard box or tool box with a lid alongside a sealed pop bottle full of warm water. The warm water will keep both the air and the tags warmer in the container.
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Applicators
Q-flex® Applicator
Item #630087 -Tool for applying all styles of Q-flex visual ear tags. Powder-coated aluminum won’t rust.
$30.00 -
Applicators
Q-flex® Pro Applicator
Item #630085 -C-clamp applicator for installing all styles of Q-flex® visual ear tags. Deep jaw accommodates livestock ears of different sizes and shapes.
$34.00 -
Applicators
Battery Powered Ear Tag Applicator
Item #630160 -Automatic ear tag tool for cattle, goats, pigs and sheep. Lightweight and accurate with an ergonomic, one-handed design that minimizes strain.
$218.00 -
Applicators
Allflex® Applicator, red/black
Item #630089 -Universal ear tag applicator from Allflex designed to ease hand fatigue from repeated use. Compatible with Premier’s Q-flex ear tags.
$31.00 -
Ear Tag Accessories
Marking Pen, black ink
Item #619500 -Make clear, readable marks on livestock identification tags. Useful for putting notes on tags.
$9.00 -
Ear Tag Accessories
Marking Pen, white ink
Item #619501 -Make clear, readable marks on livestock identification tags. Useful for putting notes on tags.
$9.00 -
Ear Tag Accessories
Z Tag Marker, black ink
Item #620126 -Make readable marks on Z tags. We like these for adding supplemental information other than I.D. number.
$9.00 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids
SuperLube™, 8 oz
Item #550800 -An all-purpose antiseptic OB lubricant for lambing and kidding. Very useful if a lamb (or kid) goes dry during birth.
$6.00 -
Breeding and Lambing
AMBUGREEN™ – Barrier Protection Gel
Item #556401 -An antibiotic-free topical dressing designed to promote healing in livestock. Shields the wound site from dirt, moisture and flies. 110 gram tube.
$45.00 -
Treatments
Pine Tar (squeezable bottle), 16 oz
Item #623200 -Cover wounds on sheep, goats, chickens and guardian dogs to repel flies and biting insects. Effective for several days after application.
$16.00 -
Docking and Castrating
Catron® IV, 10 oz spray can
Item #888147 -Used for treating sheep with fly-strike and as a preventative after docking, castrating or ear tagging. 10 oz spray can.
$12.00
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Faith P from Indiana
I LOVE these tags, great for my Shetland Sheep, they don't make their ears sag and don't hang out so far as to catch on everything. They are also perfect for market goat kids to give them a tag at birth so they form a nice tag hole for their county fair tags later on. (We had a huge issue with the county tags getting infected when placed in the ears in May-June but after having these little tags to put in first really makes a difference. These tags are small but you can still read them well and the color seems to last compared to the Qflex 1.5, Our Shetland sheep are registered with a non scrappie tag so these work great for them. My only draw back is the stem of these is not flexible like the other Q flex tags and the tip is just plastic. But over all it's a great little tag.
Marlene A from Nebraska
This is the first time I used the tags. They work great on the ears of baby goats. They are easy to see and don't make their ears droop out of shape.
Diane H from Wisconsin
Perfect size for our new born fainters. They go in easily and are easy to read. It was nice to find them in blue and pink so that we can see which are doelings and bucklings.
Larry & Sherry J from Alabama
Worked perfectly! Just the right size for my lambs and the printers filled the tags with the numbers just as I requested so they are easy to read.
Stephen B
These tags are perfect for new lambs. I have tried several types and these are the best. They go on snugly and I can get them in colors like blue and pink and custom numbered. It is the only way I can accurately track the lenage of each lamb.
