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Location: Arkansas | What is the typical height for a custom freeze brand to be placed on the hip? How big are the typical shoulder brands? My design brand involves a horseshoe with letters inside of it. I just don't know how big to order. I will be branding horses older than 2. |
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| I believe it depends on the state. Mine is 4" tall per state requirements |
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Location: Arkansas | From my research I believe Arkansas does not have a height requirement. Before ordering I am going to call the livestock commission to double check. If I was to order the 4 in what is the other measurement if my choices are 4x 3/8. Or 4x 9/16 |
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Location: MT | Bump... I just applied for my freeze brand this week and I wondering the exact same thing. |
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Location: South MS | I do the shoulders and mine are 4" to give you an idea - most of my friends who brand do a 4" even on the hips - the sorrels brand is high due to another brand already on the shoulder
This is who did mine and he was great to work with
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Bump--I just got our brand registered and I was wondering how big to get it as well. We are doing the left hip and it will be for both cows and horses so I had no idea how big to make it. Thanks for adding pics to give me an idea of the height! I was thinking 5" but not sure. . .that may be too big. Do you know how big the G brand is on the sorrel horse's hip? I like that size too. |
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| My mare's brand is 3.5 inches on her shoulder but if ya'll have more questions, check out my wonderful friends and horse people from MO with their custom brand shop at http://www.flying45.com/. Laura will help with ALL these questions and is able to register brands and help with any questions you may have. Super nice people who are easy to work with! Good luck! |
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Location: South MS | I think the G is 4" as well - its about the same size as the shoulder when I hold my brand against it |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | lindseylou2290 - 2013-12-31 9:30 AM
My mare's brand is 3.5 inches on her shoulder but if ya'll have more questions, check out my wonderful friends and horse people from MO with their custom brand shop at http://www.flying45.com/. Laura will help with ALL these questions and is able to register brands and help with any questions you may have. Super nice people who are easy to work with! Good luck!
Thank you they look like they do amazing work!! |
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| I think if you are doing multiple letters you should have the letters at least an inch apart from each other or the brand "runs" together.
My brand is a 3 part brand rafter HP left shoulder each letter is 2 inches high but my entire brand is 4 inches |
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Location: On a paint horse... | Ours measures 4-1/2" tall.
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Location: Arkansas | Thanks for the replies. So typical is 4" on the hip also? Same for a picture brand? Im not sure what the difference is between the 4 x 3/8 and the 4 x 9/16
What companies did y'all use to create your custom brand? |
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Location: Arkansas | Bump.....I'm trying to figure out what companies everyone uses |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | Thanks so much for the Flying 45 info!! I ordered my brand from them Tuesday and Laura was super nice and great to work with, and their work looks amazing. I'm really excited to see what they come up with for us. And thanks to the people who posted pics--I'm going with the 4.5" based on the pics posted above. This thread got me motivated to finally get something ordered. |
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Location: Wherever the Army sends my husband | Don't forget that the age of the horse makes a difference (say weanlings vs 2 year olds). Brands will grow with the horse. Most people I know have one size for babies and a larger size for adults. I have a weanling that was branded with a huge brand her shoulder that irritates me because it's going to be hideously huge when she grows up. Heck, even my farrier gives me a hard time about when he comes out lol. |
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| SoonerLawyer - 2014-01-02 6:49 AM
Thanks so much for the Flying 45 info!! I ordered my brand from them Tuesday and Laura was super nice and great to work with, and their work looks amazing. I'm really excited to see what they come up with for us. And thanks to the people who posted pics--I'm going with the 4.5" based on the pics posted above. This thread got me motivated to finally get something ordered.
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Location: Georgia | BB FlyinByU did this mare's brand in Arkanas. I think it looks fantastic and is perfectly placed!
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Location: Oklahoma | Our adult horses brand is 4" and our weanling brand is 3"
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Location: Georgia |
Not trying to steal the thread here, but when is the best time to brand?
Weanling, yearling or wait till they get grown? |
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Location: Jones, OK | Pittsburg Foundry is the one who made our brand and they are very friendly and know thier stuff...they helped me with the size and answered every question that I had...I went back and forth on the size 3-4 times before i finally decided. They would send me a proof that was to scale and i printed it off and held it on our horses to see if it looked correct. |
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Location: Kentucky | My weanling brand is 3" and Pittsburg Foundry made it. |
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| Runninbay - 2014-01-02 1:05 PM
BB FlyinByU did this mare's brand in Arkanas. I think it looks fantastic and is perfectly placed!
Here is my current mare I had done - my brand is 6 inches and I really like how my branding guy placed it (he was the same one that did Lena, Runninbay's mare)
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| Runninbay - 2014-01-08 12:34 PM
Not trying to steal the thread here, but when is the best time to brand?
Weanling, yearling or wait till they get grown?
Typically you want to have a smaller brand for the weanlings (Like Chelsea mentioned). I did Buffy at a year old and it turned out fine with our big brand.
ETA: Alexblagg - we do not have any restrictions for branding here in Arkansas :)
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Location: In my own little world | alexblagg - 2014-01-01 9:34 PM Bump.....I'm trying to figure out what companies everyone uses
www.brandedcayuse.com makes nice brands. They don't generally do character brands tho (picture brands)
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| Runninbay - 2014-01-08 12:34 PM
Not trying to steal the thread here, but when is the best time to brand?
Weanling, yearling or wait till they get grown?
Bump! Curious at what age you all prefer to freeze brand at? I've got a young two year old and yearling that I'm wanting to get branded, but I don't want to do it too soon and have them turn out deformed or huge. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Ours is 4". I have a friend that has one about 1/2 that and you can't see what it is when you are 20 feet away. Looks like a smudgy scar. If you are going to brand, do it so it can be seen, but not so big it looks like a bill board.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Let 'er Buck - 2014-09-20 7:28 PM Runninbay - 2014-01-08 12:34 PM
Not trying to steal the thread here, but when is the best time to brand?
Weanling, yearling or wait till they get grown? Bump! Curious at what age you all prefer to freeze brand at? I've got a young two year old and yearling that I'm wanting to get branded, but I don't want to do it too soon and have them turn out deformed or huge.
Ours are done at about 6 months old or so. The one on the brown horse was done as a yearling and the vet did it using liquid nitrogen. We did the one below at 6 months old using dry ice and alcohol. The vet left his on too long and burned a lot of hair and it is crooked because he did him laying down :/ |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I'm going to try to find a picture of mine, not to sure I have one on here...
Well heck I forgot that I was on Hubby's Laptop, all my pictures are on my computer and it got very very sick so headed to the Doc's on Monday..
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| Our irons are 4in individual and our brand is a Diamond over lazy D so it makes our entire brand around 8in.
I like it position it lower than most, on the thigh (its a thigh brand after all ;-)) I think theylook like cattle hip brands id they get up to high on some. Just me though 99% of people like them up high. Really its personal preference.
Id post a picture if I could.
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