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This all sounds great, but the cost of computer based software or AR will never be sustainable for a smaller cattle operation. As far as anesthetics, the animal feels little to no pain with freeze branding. Using those drugs for pain control is not a feasible option in this situation.

@@MattHildebrand12 I would estimate that the feeling of pain after cold branding happens when the tissue warms up and inflammation sets in, which would presist for a few hours or several days. As for vision systems for identifying livestock, this should be the go to once it becomes cheaper than branding. Lastely I'm also stating that ethical guidelines while reasonable should apply to all the industry - - not just a small independant rancher such as yourself.

@@phieyl7105 I can see that after inflammation sets in it could potentially be slightly painful for the animal. I can tell you from experience that it doesn't affect the animal at all. In order to give pain medications, especially narcotics, that would involve having to get a vet and prescription for the animal, as well as aftercare keeping the animal under constant watch, etc. I can't imagine a large animal vet anywhere prescribing something like that for a non-invasive freeze brand. As far as the vision systems, I agree that they should be implemented if they ever become cheaper than branding. That being said, my freeze branding irons cost approx. $125 for a set, I only had to buy them once, and I've already owned them for 7-8 brandings. As far as the consumables in branding (dry ice and gasoline or 99% alcohol) they are extremely cheap. Probably less than $30 worth of materials to brand 20-30 animals. It's very cost effective and requires no other equipment to use or read information on the animal. I can see those systems getting cheaper someday, but I don't see them ever getting cheaper than branding, and never surpassing the ease of just seeing the branded number on their back. I understand the ethical guidelines related to this issue as well. That being said, I treat my animals extremely well and I don't believe that freeze branding is an unethical process to subject this cattle to. I also believe it is a necessary process that protects the animal as much as it does myself as the owner.

@@MattHildebrand12 ​ @MattHildebrand12 I'm glad you treat your animals the best you can and that we are on the same page with vision systems. As for the horse not showing obvious signs of pain, this could be stoicism. In prey animals and maybe even domesticated ones; they don't display obvious signs of pain to counter prey animals that might spot this weakness. Studies show that cold branding still causes discomfort, and based on stoicism; that level of discomfort is not always entirely clear through a visual assessment alone.

@@phieyl7105 I understand the thought behind stoicism, but cattle are much different that humans. I'm not at all saying that it's not mildly uncomfortable for the animal while getting a freeze brand (and possibly in the days afterward) but it's no different that us getting a shot due to a vaccine or a tattoo. It is uncomfortable or even hurts in the moment, and may be a little sore a few days afterward, but its not something that we receive pain medication before or afterward...

Yes, I made a video showing the results. It’s linked in the description of this video.

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Thank you! We can plant about 100-120 acres of wheat before refilling depending on what rate of seed we’re planting.

The zero at the beginning of the number is the year they were born. These heifers were born in 2020 so the zero shows the last digit of the birth year. The second and third numbers are the ID number. That way we always know how old the animal is without having to look it up.

This version of branding doesn’t produce a scar, it only changes the pigment in the skin making it produce white hair

I’ve explained it many times in previous comments why we need to put numbers on our animals and why this process is not as invasive to the animal as heat branding. I’m not going to explain it again. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

I honestly don’t have any experience with branding white cattle as all of ours are black and red. I’m assuming that it wouldn’t work well to freeze brand white cattle, but I don’t know for sure.

I appreciate that. I ran into the same issue when we bought our sprayer. Once I figured out a little better how it worked, I figured it was good information to share!

This field is 160 acres, but we farm about 4500 acres in total

@@MattHildebrand12 I wish you trouble-free operation :)

@@JanKowalski-hc4sq thank you!!

cattletags.com - they have all sorts of different tags you can order with custom numbers and logos. These specifically are the allflex tags with our brand. They are laser engraved as well as painted on the number so they seem to last longer overall.

Thank you so much for the kind words!

It might be better, but when it’s way more expensive and hard to source close to us this works as a good option

Sounds like he did it wrong. It doesn’t take that much weight and doesn’t “mess” the skin up at all.

The freeze brand actually kills the pigment in the hair follicle causing the hair to come back white. If the brand is only held on the animal for the correct amount of time, it will not do anything to the skin pigment, only the hair follicle.

In my experience with horses, about half the amount of time is long enough due to the thinner skin horses have. Approx. 25-30 seconds should be sufficient.

These numbers were 3.5" tall, and the blade I used was the XL #10 CryogenX blade, same a the small #10 but wider. Also I appreciate the kind words!

Would love to see the brands on the cows. Thanks for the reply.

I forgot to ask You, will 91% or 70% alcohol work instead of 99% ? I have also heard Denatured Alcohol will work, but don't know how expensive it is. All Alcohols bother My breathing and burn My nose if I get too much of them.

@@missouritraveler6401 I know the 70% won’t work very well. 91% would probably be about as good as gasoline. Denatured alcohol works really well but is about $15+ per gallon if you can find it. I keep planning to get a video of the brands now but I’ve been to busy to get it done yet, I hope to make one soon

Matt, I meant the percentage of Alcohol that is sprayed on the skin. Using the gasoline with the Dry Ice is fine with Me. Can Denatured Alcohol be used to spray on the shaved skin to make the brand work. Thanks for answering all these questions.

This was just a remake for the sake of the video, not footage of us actually responding to a call. I asked a couple of the guys to come up to the station, throw their gear on and act like they were responding to a fire so I could film it. The video was made to show school kids during fire prevention week what our job is like. Most of us do not wear our helmets while responding.

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Planning to shoot it this week.

Thanks! These cows will be back home in about a week and I am planning to make another video showing the results after branding.

Hey man, still gonna make an after video?

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We need to eat more meat and drink more milk. Yum!

I wouldn’t say it’s better than denatured alcohol, but it is a lot cheaper and much easier to find. I think the alcohol does a little better job overall, but for the cost I’ve had really great luck with gasoline

Mix dry ice + gasoline to get low temperature?

Gotta mark the homies as property

​@@shrekchrist2857any of my buddies ever mark me ad one of they're property they getting murked tf lmfaooo

A gas?

That’s awesome. We are a fairly small town overall, but have a total of 14 firefighters now. Our average turnout is about 7-8 people that show up too which is really great for our size!

@@MattHildebrand12 im in a town of just over 5000 people and we have like 12 people, not alot of people are joining anymore so we are short staffed sadly

@@bruh.mp4610 that’s too bad, hopefully you guys can get more people involved in the future! These videos I’ve made of our dept. started from the idea of showing people in our town (about 1000 people) what we do so they might be interested in joining as well, and so far we’ve got 2-3 new guys since then

@@MattHildebrand12 yea i might try to do that, im trying to convince the chief to get us helmet cams so i could try to make a video, about one or two months ago we had a huge field fire and it would have been sick to make a video out of it. you earned a new sub

@@bruh.mp4610 thank you! I plan to keep making more videos as we go. Good luck in the future on your department too!

Thank you so much for the kind words and for your appreciation of the video. I am definitely thankful for the machines we use these days compared to how it used to be!

A little discomfort for a few minutes per animal for a lifetime of identification for that animal. Identification protects the animal overall.

I think Red River has a little more to do in town, and definitely prettier scenery! We really liked both but if we did it again we would try to stay in Red River!

On our department, CPR and Firefighter 1 are preferred, but what is required here is an approved application, passed background check, NIMS certification, and to be voted on by all current firefighters.

Freeze branding is less painful than hot iron branding. Freeze branding heals completely on its own and doesn’t create an open wound.

@@MattHildebrand12 yeah I noticed,that by the time you placed 0 in front,the swelling had gone down But why don’t all ranches do it by freezing? Like I’m from Europe,the only places,that brand their cattle here are major ranches,that literally provide for the whole country,but smaller ones just go only with ear tags Also,why do they get a branded mark and an ear tag? If smt happens,and the tag comes off,then you will have the brand mark? You have a very facinating channel,thank You so much sir for ur time Kindly appreciated 🙏

@@saintsinner7565 a lot of ranches still use heat branding because it’s easier and is visible quicker. Freeze branding takes some time to see due to having to wait on the white hair to grow back in. We still heat brand a little on our ranch, but only for our family brand symbol. This is so we can identify that animal as ours if it ever were to get out or get stolen. Our brand is registered with the state, so it can be tracked anywhere. We always have trouble keeping ear tags in as well. Cows seem to loose ear tags all the time from rubbing on different things in the field or pasture. Hopefully that gives you a little better idea of why we do use brands. I’m also glad you enjoy the channel and always happy to answer questions!

@@MattHildebrand12 I remember when my gf was at a farm with me, when she got her huge bust at some point in her life, she said make my initials into a brander, so I did and she wanted on the chest, where we had her chest tattooed with the words, property of StickFiguresMaster, I’m a mad dog 😎 (2 other girls have the same tattoo on their chest nowadays to as well now 😂)

I wouldn’t recommend it. This works by killing the hair follicles in the animals skin so the hair grows back in white (without pigment). Human skin is much thinner and would freeze much quicker too.

stick with tattoos

Like one group of 10 will be blue another would be red and the way u section then could be to do with if there good for milk or beef or age

@@Chicknugz608 That's a good idea, but there's just no way dye would last outside in the elements. Also the cows would not just stand there and let you grab their tale and dye it. We can't keep them in groups of 10 because they are all either in 1 or 2 big lots during the winter months to be fed, or split up on multiple pastures with anywhere from 15 to 50 head per pasture. We also have to keep track of the exact number of each cow and calf so we know the history of each specific animal.

I'd also like to note trying to use colored dye [Like a blue or red] on a darker colored cows tail would most likely barely show up, if at all. You'd need to bleach their fur and then add the colorant. This alone would be extremely time consuming, especially for a bigger cattle, and expensive. And that's all assuming the dye wouldn't wear off after a week of bad weather.

These animals are not being mistreated, they live a great life under our care. Without ranches like our raising cattle, the world would not have food to eat.