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Branding - how and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="MillIronQH" data-source="post: 278364" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p>I don't know about the livestock laws in Mich but in most western states it is illegal to brand an animal with a brand that is not registered in your name.</p><p></p><p>As far a getting docked at the sale barn, if you hauled twenty head in to the sale what you might get docked wouldn't pay for the propane to heat the irons and if one disappears without that brand to id it there goes a good chunk of your margin of profit. My own brand does get me hit at the sale barn because of the location (left ribs on cattle and left jaw on horses) but I keep it for historic reasons. Plus you can see it a long way off.</p><p></p><p>Keep the brand simple and open. Some letters and marks are bad about blotching if the person making the irons doesn't really know what they are doing or if the iron is applied to hot. The main reason that the King Ranch brand is the running W is that there are no straight angles which makes it almost impossible to blotch. That it is almost impossible to alter is another bonus.Z</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MillIronQH, post: 278364, member: 4658"] I don't know about the livestock laws in Mich but in most western states it is illegal to brand an animal with a brand that is not registered in your name. As far a getting docked at the sale barn, if you hauled twenty head in to the sale what you might get docked wouldn't pay for the propane to heat the irons and if one disappears without that brand to id it there goes a good chunk of your margin of profit. My own brand does get me hit at the sale barn because of the location (left ribs on cattle and left jaw on horses) but I keep it for historic reasons. Plus you can see it a long way off. Keep the brand simple and open. Some letters and marks are bad about blotching if the person making the irons doesn't really know what they are doing or if the iron is applied to hot. The main reason that the King Ranch brand is the running W is that there are no straight angles which makes it almost impossible to blotch. That it is almost impossible to alter is another bonus.Z [/QUOTE]
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