How do I know my collars are ready to go?
When one LED light on the collar flashes green, the collar is healthy and talking to the Halter tower(s). You are ready for collaring.
Collar Fit Instructions
When checking the fit of the collar, ensure the animal's head is in a neutral position (the animal is not holding its head down or reaching too high)
Place the collar on the narrowest part of the neck, just behind the jaw.
Ensure the buckles on both sides of the strap are within one hole of each other to keep the collar balanced.
You should be able to comfortably fit three fingers horizontally between the strap and the side of the animal's neck.
If the collar can be pulled over the animal's head, it's too loose.
Tuck any excess strap into the rubber sleeve.
Collaring your animals in a chute or crush
1. Attach weights
Before you start collaring, attach the weights to one side of the collar.
Feed one strap through the camlock. Close the camlock buckle through the holes that are the correct size for your animals.
You may need to test the collar sizing and fit by collaring a few animals before attaching all the weights to all the remaining collars.
Once you have tested a few animals, you can work on average sizes to speed up the day.
Don’t attach the weight to both sides of the collar.
2. Assigning collars on in the app
Use the Halter app to assign the collar to the animal’s ear tag number.
To do this, open the Halter app, select ‘More’, select ‘Collars’, and then select ‘ Scan collar’ and ‘Scan new collar’
Continue to follow the on-screen instructions.
The LED will light up green on the side of the collar where you will need to scan.
Hold your phone against the collar until you find the spot on your phone that has the NFC reader
3. Loop the collar around the animal's neck
The person fitting the collar picks up the tagged collar.
Hold both ends of the strap and sleeve, and loop it around the animal’s
head without letting go.
Or lay the collar on an animal's neck
Drop the weight-end on the far side of the animal's neck and lay the collar on the top of her neck. Reach underneath the animal’s neck and grab the weight.
4. Fasten the camlock pins
Push camlock pins through the same numbered holes as the opposite side
of the collar to ensure the weight is hanging centrally on the animal’s neck.
5. Check collar size and fit
When the animal’s head is neutral, not flexed or bent down, bring the
collar to the narrowest part of the neck. The lowest part of the weight
should touch the bottom of the neck and not hang loose. If the collar does
not fit, adjust the sizing on both sides of the collar, ensuring the weight is
still central.
6. Feed the strap into the sleeve
Feed the strap through the rubber sleeve.