Talk:Livestock branding

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[edit] Permanence

I would like to see information on why a brand is permanent / the mechanisms of it's permanent-ness. Thepcnerd 05:40, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

It's a burn - I suggest articles on burning and scarring would be the place to look. PeteVerdon 18:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Running iron

and cookies

Isn't there also a running iron that was a branding iron that you wrote with? (you ran it along the pattern you wanted to mark I assume is the etymology).—The preceding unsigned comment was added by RJFJR (talk • contribs) 17:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I doubt so, how would you control the animal while you drew, the brand was quick (one jab) Thepcnerd 02:41, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
There are running irons. They are used to draw the brand on the animal freehand or (more often) to make corrections to flawed brands on the animal. —L1AM (talk) 02:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
follow-up: I think that running irons might be illegal in some states as cattle rustlers (see Cattle raiding) would use them to alter the brands of stolen animals in case they were caught with the animals. This would be interesting if someone could expand on this. —L1AM (talk) 06:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
It seems a bit silly to ban them. You could just as well "touch up" a brand with any other hot piece of metal, so it doesn't prevent much.PeteVerdon 18:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
No, no, no. A running brand is Adidas or Nike. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.75.232.221 (talk) 00:56, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

Stud cattle of some breeds in australasia are required to have the insides of ears tatooed as a means of ID. Cgoodwin (talk) 11:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. We sort of need an article called "Animal Identification," don't we? Until then, maybe toss in "ear" with the bit on lip tattoos. Montanabw(talk) 21:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

An Animal Identification article sounds like a good idea. Dewlapping was also used until recently, too. Cgoodwin (talk) 23:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How about a picture of an actual brand

would be nice for the artical --70.152.16.212 03:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Horse markings has a photo of a freeze brand and a hot brand, if anyone wants to use those. Montanabw(talk) 21:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Added above images. Montanabw(talk) 06:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hoof Branding

I have seen horse hooves branded overseas in London I think. I am aware that they would grow out so I guess they would also be for individual ID. Think that they were on cavalry horses. Unfortuntely no photo.Cgoodwin (talk) 03:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

There is actually quite a lot on this at these sites, although I have never seen it in AUS: http://www.equibrand.co.uk/hoofbrands.html http://www.netposse.com/prevrec/hoof_brand_example.htm http://www.equine-world.co.uk/horses_care/horse_identification.htm http://www.equinepodiatry.net/Text_Files/The_Effects_of_Hoof_Branding.pdf http://www.maccvets.co.uk/fact_sheets/fact_sheets_equine_identification.htm Cgoodwin (talk) 03:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Freeze Mark - Freeze Brand

A freeze brand is exactly like a hot brand except for the way it is applied, the pain level to the animal and that in a freeze brand the hair may grow back white or leave a scar behind. Both of these types of branding identify the owner of the livestock.


A freeze mark is applied like a freeze brand but uses the International Alpha Angle System to create a symbol that identifies an individual animal (not the owner).

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/Wild_Horse_and_Burro_Freezemarks.html


So does this look like information that would fit this artical? --Var (talk) 20:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Most of this, in general terms, is already in the article in the section on freeze branding, though a sentence on the International Alpha Angle System would be a good addition, particularly if someone has a free image (or can make one) of the master diagram (I have a couple horses marked with this system, though I think the one illustrating a freeze brand is also marked that way). Read the article and you can either propose a sentence or two here that one of the editors here can insert, or you can try to pop it in yourself (though risking wiki's infamous "merciless editing!" (LOL!) Montanabw(talk) 23:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)