Freeze branding

[Rogstores]

Just wondered how much people are paying for freeze branding and if anyone is on here is doing it , how long they leave the numbers on etc

 

[Suckndiesel]

Just wondered how much people are paying for freeze branding and if anyone is on here is doing it , how long they leave the numbers on etc

Have heard of one guy charging £3.50 a head and another charging £4 both for 3 numbers. Had a guy recently do 4 numbers for us and holding the irons on for a bit longer to burn the hair off as the cattle are red and hard to see the numbers , he charged us £15 a head, needless to say he won’t be back

 

[Spudley]

Wow - we used to pay £5.50 for 4 numbers/2 lines. We've since added a letter so now we pay £6.50. That includes a dozen red animals per year which are the same price as the black ones.

 

[Blue.]

I leave the number on for 50 seconds with dry ice and 40 with liquid nitrogen.
Keeping the cow still is the secret.

 

[Slippery Slope]

We’re paying £5/ head for three numbers. Irons held on for a minute (ish) using dry ice.

 

[Princess Pooper]

£6.90 for 4 digits. Does a good job and most importantly is good with the calves, nice and quiet. He was here 2 hours 10 mins for 26 calves, helped run them into the pen. He then has travel time / cost of his van and dry ice etc. so he's not making a fortune.

 

[crashbox]

From recollection our guy does...
30 seconds on black
60 seconds on white
Go 4 digits, matched to last 4 of ear tag, so useful for testing etc. Never have to cross reference a brand to a tag again.

Anyone here heard of this steel thing you put in a heifers mouth and they chew it, calms them down for branding? Called a pacifier? (Not the Electric)

 

[Davy]

From recollection our guy does...
30 seconds on black
60 seconds on white
Go 4 digits, matched to last 4 of ear tag, so useful for testing etc. Never have to cross reference a brand to a tag again.

Anyone here heard of this steel thing you put in a heifers mouth and they chew it, calms them down for branding? Called a pacifier? (Not the Electric)

Yeah, our brander brings one. Makes a real difference to helping them stand still.

 

[Grassman247]

Yeah, our brander brings one. Makes a real difference to helping them stand still.

How many other cattles mouths has it been in? Other farms? Disease?
We had a guy who tried to get us to use one, we now do it ourselves with tyres in a squeeze crush and they don’t move

 

[crashbox]

I want to buy one, I heard they're less than a hundred quid , worth it for tidy brands.
But can't find one on line

 

[Barleycorn]

I leave the number on for 50 seconds with dry ice and 40 with liquid nitrogen.
Keeping the cow still is the secret.

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[MrA.G.]

I want to buy one, I heard they're less than a hundred quid , worth it for tidy brands.
But can't find one on line

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[Princess Pooper]

We don;t seem to have a problem with fidgeting - this year in particular they stood like rocks. We brand at 8-9 months old. 2 tyres in the crush, head yoke - and this seems to be the important bit - someone standing directly in front of the yoke.

 

[Hotspur]

Anyone here heard of this steel thing you put in a heifers mouth and they chew it, calms them down for branding? Called a pacifier? (Not the Electric)

I've got one....its called a hook drencher.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

£3.50 here 3 digits.
Never done them myself as an extra pair of hands on the job never goes a miss.

 

[Suckndiesel]

Wow - we used to pay £5.50 for 4 numbers/2 lines. We've since added a letter so now we pay £6.50. That includes a dozen red animals per year which are the same price as the black ones.

Yea I know wow indeed! Around 60 heifers branded that day so wasn’t that small a number either.

 

[boumaticboy]

Yea I know wow indeed! Around 60 heifers branded that day so wasn’t that small a number either.

I thought I was the only one that got cleaned like that

 

[Suckndiesel]

I thought I was the only one that got cleaned like that

Guy that done it reckoned his dry ice and alcohol prices were up that much he needed that, I reckoned he was full of BS which coincidentally is his initials!

 

[easy farming]

£3.50 four numbers, on bill rounds down the number of animals to nearest 5.