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<blockquote data-quote="I luv herfrds" data-source="post: 695480" data-attributes="member: 5917"><p>The hair does grow back over the brand. I see this on our own cattle.</p><p>Only true way to tell if it was done right at this time, is shave the sight of the brand and look for it.</p><p></p><p>When we brand our cattle after the iron is first applied we look to make sure the brand is complete, no broken areas to blur it. The area is red and black. The iron does not need to be held on for a long time. Normally for us around 5 seconds or less.</p><p>The iron does have to be fairly hot, doesn't need to be red hot though. We check it by putting it on a wooden plank after it is heated. If it only smokes a little and doesn't leave a "solid" brand it is too cold and we just put it back in the fire and wait some more. If it does get red hot don't worry because once it is pulled from the fire it will start cooling down.</p><p>The hair will burn off with the hot brand, but an animal with a heavy coat can make the iron slip blurring the brand.</p><p>It just takes time and practice to get it right.</p><p></p><p>Now was this a home made iron or a bought iron?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I luv herfrds, post: 695480, member: 5917"] The hair does grow back over the brand. I see this on our own cattle. Only true way to tell if it was done right at this time, is shave the sight of the brand and look for it. When we brand our cattle after the iron is first applied we look to make sure the brand is complete, no broken areas to blur it. The area is red and black. The iron does not need to be held on for a long time. Normally for us around 5 seconds or less. The iron does have to be fairly hot, doesn't need to be red hot though. We check it by putting it on a wooden plank after it is heated. If it only smokes a little and doesn't leave a "solid" brand it is too cold and we just put it back in the fire and wait some more. If it does get red hot don't worry because once it is pulled from the fire it will start cooling down. The hair will burn off with the hot brand, but an animal with a heavy coat can make the iron slip blurring the brand. It just takes time and practice to get it right. Now was this a home made iron or a bought iron? [/QUOTE]
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