OK, I got to know?

[gwstang]

Why does this cow have something stuck up his butt while being branded? Enlighten me please. :confused2:

 

[Groo]

masses with the pain signals that travel through nerves in that area? maybe? I hope?

 

[MossRoad]

In this day of ear tags, I'm kinda surprised they still brand. Of course, the largest open range around here is about 1 square mile, so maybe that's a factor.

 

[newbury]

A COW never has anything stuck up HIS butt.

 

[bcp]

A COW never has anything stuck up HIS butt.

What's the name for ONE of these animals, when you don't know if it is male or female?



Bruce

 

[RNeumann]

ReproScan | Reproductive Ultrasound for Dairy Cattle

 

[TractorNH]

A COW never has anything stuck up HIS butt.

Yup, a BULL maybe but not a COW. Though it is possible that this is a heifer which for the non-farm people out there is a female yet to have a calf (baby). Based on my experience on a dairy farm I would bet that is a heifer and not a bull for two reasons. Lack of a visible udder which develops during a heifer's pregnancy and because a bull doesn't have a vulva which the animal in question appears to have...you can see it at the sides of the tail just below the "device".

 

[TractorNH]

ReproScan | Reproductive Ultrasound for Dairy Cattle

It's a cattle immobilizer. It electrically stimulates the nervous system so the animal won't move.

Farmfreund Cattle Immobilizer

And you can even buy it on ebay where the ad I saw used the same picture as the OP in this post.
View attachment 560378

 

[MossRoad]

It's a cattle immobilizer. It electrically stimulates the nervous system so the animal won't move.

Farmfreund Cattle Immobilizer

And you can even buy it on ebay where the ad I saw used the same picture as the OP in this post.
View attachment 560378

Well, hold still, while I burn these numbers into your hide.

 

[MossRoad]

The key to tender beef is slow cooking.....

 

[MossRoad]

Electric cattle brander. The hide completes the circuit.

 

[DrRod]

The reason they still brand cattle is simply a matter of money. Ear tags are at least a dollar a piece so if you have a thousand head you are spending a thousand dollars. Given the thin margins in the cattle business, it is significant.

 

[turnkey4099]

The reason they still brand cattle is simply a matter of money. Ear tags are at least a dollar a piece so if you have a thousand head you are spending a thousand dollars. Given the thin margins in the cattle business, it is significant.

It also allows the range riders to identify the owner from a distance vice running a scanner over it.

 

[TractorNH]

The reason they still brand cattle is simply a matter of money. Ear tags are at least a dollar a piece so if you have a thousand head you are spending a thousand dollars. Given the thin margins in the cattle business, it is significant.

Ear tags can also be cut/removed and replaced with a different tag whereas branding is permanent.

 

[Wagtail]

It's my understanding that today's branding is done using liquid nitrogen.

My horses (TB's) have a 'house brand' on their left shoulder and a month/year brand on their right (it can vary depending on the State they were born in). Standardbreds have all of this on their right shoulder.

A Pyengana dairy/cheese-factory's cattle are tagged, with the same number 'branded' on their hind quarter.

All of these brands are of the 'white, lack of pigmentation' patterns achieved by freeze-branding.

 

[bunyip]

Horses are the same here, liquid nitrogen known as 'freeze branding', I believe it causes less stress too.
Ear tags are also popular with the ute driving fraternity worn as a puggaree around the Akubra, to qualify you must have a Kenworth exhaust stack, 24 driving lights and an antenna that poses a threat to low flying aircraft.
Known to frequent country shows and drinking bad liquor while falling around on the ground while listening to Slim Dusty.

 

[bigtiller]

It's a cattle immobilizer. It electrically stimulates the nervous system so the animal won't move.

Farmfreund Cattle Immobilizer

The article says;

Before using the instrument, it should always be tested for operational safety.

Who does the testing, the new guy?

 

[dragoneggs]

The article says;

Before using the instrument, it should always be tested for operational safety.

Who does the testing, the new guy?

You beat me to it. :laughing:

 

[WM75Guy]

In this day of ear tags, I'm kinda surprised they still brand. Of course, the largest open range around here is about 1 square mile, so maybe that's a factor.

Rustling livestock is still big business. Branding is the best way to identify your animals. Ear tags can be removed, brands cannot. Microchips for horses are also becoming common and in some cases required to compete.

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/mythbusting-microchipping-and-positive-horse-id

 

[MossRoad]

good point