Ear Notching Practice Assignment
Name _______________________
1.What ear is notched for the litter number?
2.What ear is notched for the pig number in the litter?
3.Using the ear notching system handout, what would be notched out if the pig number
was 7?
Scenario:
Farmer Joe has 2 crossbred litters born on January 2, 2020; 1 Yorkshire litter born on
January 3, 2020; 1 Yorkshire litter and 1 Duroc litter born on January 7, 2020. The
Yorkshire litter was born in the morning on the 7th and the Duroc litter born late at night
on the 7th.
3. When Farmer Joe ear notches the 2nd Yorkshire litter what litter number will he notch
out in the piglet’s right ear?
4. What will be notched out on all the piglet’s ears in the Duroc litter?
5. When Farmer Joe ear notches the first crossbred litter born on the 2nd what will the
litter number be?
6.What is the highest number of litters that can be ear notched with this ear notching
system?
7.Draw the “key” to the ear notching system (found on the ear notching handout).