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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1031978" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We freeze brand, strictly because we are in an area of high cattle theft. It is very easy, and much more visible on cattle than a burn brand. I have a cow in my field we bought as a heifer, she has a huge burn brand on her ribs, and you can not see it 90% of the time due to her hair covering it. Our freeze brand is seen from a far distance. We brand all calves at weaning, and it takes a few minutes each calf. If you use liquid nitrogen, it takes just seconds. If you use dry ice and alcohol, like we do, it takes around 60 seconds each animal. Considering you brand an animal one time in their life, it is a small time commitment compared to loosing your animals to theft. I think the way to think about it is this; if you own the animals for a short period of time (stockers/growers), then burn branding is most convenient. If you own the animal for more than a year, freeze branding is best. It is like have a self addressed envelope, since the white brand on a dark hide is easily seen from a distance. I doubt someone will go through the trouble of dieing back over the white hair to slip them in a sale somewhere... but you never know!</p><p>Here are some pics of our brand, on the left front shoulder...</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/may_gabby_13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/skyler_jan_13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/grace.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/fairgrove_Gem_2013.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Here is the cow with the burn brand, BEFORE we put our brand on her...</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/melody_brand.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1031978, member: 18809"] We freeze brand, strictly because we are in an area of high cattle theft. It is very easy, and much more visible on cattle than a burn brand. I have a cow in my field we bought as a heifer, she has a huge burn brand on her ribs, and you can not see it 90% of the time due to her hair covering it. Our freeze brand is seen from a far distance. We brand all calves at weaning, and it takes a few minutes each calf. If you use liquid nitrogen, it takes just seconds. If you use dry ice and alcohol, like we do, it takes around 60 seconds each animal. Considering you brand an animal one time in their life, it is a small time commitment compared to loosing your animals to theft. I think the way to think about it is this; if you own the animals for a short period of time (stockers/growers), then burn branding is most convenient. If you own the animal for more than a year, freeze branding is best. It is like have a self addressed envelope, since the white brand on a dark hide is easily seen from a distance. I doubt someone will go through the trouble of dieing back over the white hair to slip them in a sale somewhere... but you never know! Here are some pics of our brand, on the left front shoulder... [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/may_gabby_13.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/skyler_jan_13.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/grace.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/fairgrove_Gem_2013.jpg[/img] Here is the cow with the burn brand, BEFORE we put our brand on her... [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/melody_brand.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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