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How long do you have to keep the iron on the dog with the nitrogen compared to dry ice? I an wanting to do some but I don't want to screw it up.
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X 2, and how long to burn the hair off, ive got a few light, and white dogs.
My buddy went and got a container filled today, bUT said we would have to pour it in somethin that the brand wouldn't fit down in the container. What would be the best thing to use? Said it cost $20 to fill it, bUT I dont know how much that would be and what size cooler or whatever to pour it into, to cover the brand.
Planning on branding several in the morning.
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I have seen them go for 8-12 seconds on liquid either method make sure the iron gets so cold that thier is frost all the way up the handle or at least two feet from the brand if you use a longer brand iron.
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X2 about the frost. You can get a styrophoam cooler to put nitro in temporarily while branding. The length of time varies for type of brand..brass..steel..and also thickness of skin for each dog. On average I use brass 2in with nitro leave brand in nitro until it quits boilng and gets a good frost halfway up handle. I burn em round 8sec for dark dogs and 13 to 18 sec for light dogs. As soon as you let off the burn the indention of brand will raise on skin and then disappear. Make sure you get all the hair shaved in spot and keep it good and moist with non isopropal alcohol. Tip for first timers...get some buddies to help hold dog down and duct tape feet and mouth. Have buddies lay across dog while doing burn NO MOVEMENT. Rock brand in 360 circle. If I can help anybody further just pm me. Its a great tool coupled with tags and tattoos. Good Luck.
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above post had some good information, yes get friends to help hold and have them hold tight, muzzle the dog to prevent any accidents and speaking of accidents wear old clothes because a lot of dogs will piss everywhere
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Talked to Dextar and a few others. We are going to have a branding party! They are talking about bringing this dog and that brand and food or beer. I'm sure we will go hunting. This may last all weekend.My fear is branding a couple of young dogs I got and them not turning out and me spending more time on them because they got my brand on em.
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There is nothing a dip of snuff won't make better. Bow hunter. Bend it and send it. WWT approved
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brand them and cull those that dont make it, brand some more and cull what you have to, its the modern cycle.
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Talked to Dextar and a few others. We are going to have a branding party! They are talking about bringing this dog and that brand and food or beer. I'm sure we will go hunting. This may last all weekend.My fear is branding a couple of young dogs I got and them not turning out and me spending more time on them because they got my brand on em.
Amen on that Shep: We ran into that issue as well on slappin iron on some youngsters before they proved up or if you end up not liking them. Lil akward if you ever get rid of em and someone else having a dog with your brand. I only brand the ones that cut mustard and aint gonna get cut later. Also just FYI to everybody. I would not hunt your dogs till the brands scab up and heal. Learned that the hard was as well. The scabs will rip and cause a deformed brand. |
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On fire brands I use to spray WD-40 on them once in a while they would peel very good. Heck I use to keep the leather that peeled off. still got a stack of em some where.
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I have seen some lion dogs that look like nascars with three or four brands on them...
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You Lion hunters might just be trading dogs among each other. Since there arnt many of you. Have to be careful and not get same brand twice on one dog.I got one from out there got a big ole C on her ear.He said she would quit a bear and bay a hog. So far no bears. And will bay a hog.
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Branded a bunch of mine this morning. I think im gonna build me some kind of table where I can strap them down. My helper wasn't much help, dont know how they gonna turn out. I think the dark dogs will be alright, but not sure about the lighter ones. Having trouble gettin the whole brand too. Think im gonna modify the one o have or get a smaller one.
The liquid N. Is much faster.
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What kind of brand did you use on them, now you see why that dry ice sucks, too slow on a wiggling aligator with scrachty dew claws, table is a good idea and welding gloves and a experiened helper!!!! At least you have some done now, keep it up and save a dog from a theif or dying a horrible death because somebody thought nobody owned him or cared. Hope they show up great, you can always brand the other side with better helper and restraints.
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