Freeze branding

Steve1111

I know this isn't the time of year but does anyone know where Ya can get freeze branding irons ?

Future Farmer

Steve1111 wrote: »

I know this isn't the time of year but does anyone know where Ya can get freeze branding irons ?

Guy might still be looking to sell: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=879573185447483&set=o.158731764155375&type=1&theater

stretch film

Have never branded before . Any downside to doing animals on the point of being housed .

frazzledhome

stretch film wrote: »

Have never branded before . Any downside to doing animals on the point of being housed .

None whatsoever. Only thing is it's quite mild and ice won't last as long

Greengrass1

I have brands here last farmer left.
Where would you get dry ice?

stretch film

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I have brands here last farmer left.
Where would you get dry ice?

Seen a reasonably priced kit online recently worked off a co2 cylinder through a unit which formed dry ice

Im prob gonna get someone in so the ice will be their issue

Milked out

stretch film wrote: »

Have never branded before . Any downside to doing animals on the point of being housed .

Lad here that brands says when cattle are at grass it can be harder to get the numbers to come out from his experience anyway. He thinks whatever puts the shine on cattle when at grass affects the contact. Dunno do it in jan here normally so have never compared

blue5000

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I have brands here last farmer left.
Where would you get dry ice?

late late show:pac:
https://www.facebook.com/nickwhittome/videos/10153477240593429/

seriously though
http://dryice.ie/

farmerjj

I,m thinking of getting the cows and heifers freeze branded next year, how much does it cost per animal normally?

Markcheese

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I have brands here last farmer left.
Where would you get dry ice?

Look in the phone book , there's a crowd in cork called Munster dry ice , assume there's other crowds too -

Milked out

farmerjj wrote: »

I,m thinking of getting the cows and heifers freeze branded next year, how much does it cost per animal normally?

€5 per animal for 4 numbers here

whelan2

Milked out wrote: »

€5 per animal for 4 numbers here

3.50 i think for 3 numbers here

Greengrass1

whelan2 wrote: »

3.50 i think for 3 numbers here

That settles that so. I'll let the professional at it.
Would ye get a discount if doing a big no.
140 to do here.
Have you a no ?

whelan2

Greengrass1 wrote: »

That settles that so. I'll let the professional at it.
Would ye get a discount if doing a big no.
140 to do here.
Have you a no ?

farm relief do it. Although the guy that does mine is from Dundalk and doesnt do them through farm relief

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

That settles that so. I'll let the professional at it.
Would ye get a discount if doing a big no.
140 to do here.
Have you a no ?

DM sent

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

That settles that so. I'll let the professional at it.
Would ye get a discount if doing a big no.
140 to do here.
Have you a no ?

That wouldn't be a massive number so I doubt it. Where discount can be got is to have clean animals, good race and good help

whelan2

Is the dry ice expensive?

Deepsouthwest

Munster AI do mine every yr, normally just put the heifers into the yard and let them at it. Last yr I wasn't even around when they came, so just told them over the phone which shed the heifers were in and they worked away on their own.
Saw a guy who bought some irons and did his own heifers last yr and they turned out awful.
Just let the professionals do them,
I'm a big believer in every man to his own job.

blue5000

whelan2 wrote: »

Is the dry ice expensive?

That site I linked to was €35 for 10kg, probably a bit less if you were buying regularly. You'd need a fair bit of meths as well, but you could probably re-use that, with all the thieving going on you would nearly want your own branding irons.

frazzledhome

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Munster AI do mine every yr, normally just put the heifers into the yard and let them at it. Last yr I wasn't even around when they came, so just told them over the phone which shed the heifers were in and they worked away on their own.
Saw a guy who bought some irons and did his own heifers last yr and they turned out awful.
Just let the professionals do them,
I'm a big believer in every man to his own job.

Used to do our own, gave it up and get professional now. To do properly and once you need to know what your doing. Some of the new irons leave a really nice tasty numeral

lefthooker

Hi all.
Looking for recommendations for a good freezebrander around Wexford area. Not happy with the current fellas efforts.

stretch film

lefthooker wrote: »

Hi all.
Looking for recommendations for a good freezebrander around Wexford area. Not happy with the current fellas efforts.

Ditto waterford

seanmc84

whelan2 wrote: »

farm relief do it. Although the guy that does mine is from Dundalk and doesnt do them through farm relief

Who's the guy that does them in dundalk???

whelan2

seanmc84 wrote: »

Who's the guy that does them in dundalk???

Padraig mc elroy

seanmc84

whelan2 wrote: »

Padraig mc elroy

Padraig used to do ours but he's very expensive.
Have you heard of anyone else doing it?
We got a for from meath last year but the brands didn't come out very clear the 1&0 were very poor

whelan2

seanmc84 wrote: »

Padraig used to do ours but he's very expensive.
Have you heard of anyone else doing it?
We got a for from meath last year but the brands didn't come out very clear the 1&0 were very poor

no I didnt find him expensive, he has been doing them here this years . would be along time before I would change from him

farmerjj

Is there a best time of year to do branding?

frazzledhome

farmerjj wrote: »

Is there a best time of year to do branding?

Any time there's no fly about.