Freeze Marking Horses

The freezemarking process is a fairly simple one. An identification worksheet is completed for each individual horse noting color, height, sex, age, registration if applicable and all distinguishing marks including whorls, scars, color patterns etc. Laminated cards will be issued with this information as well as the owners name, address and contact information. Once the paperwork is completed, the irons are prepared with the breed registry and number, or the state ID number if applicable by being cooled in a chill box full of liquid nitrogen. While the irons are chilling an area on the horses neck is shaved with a 40 blade and the site cleaned with alcohol. The horse is sedated during this time to give the sedatives time to take effect. Once the irons are ready, the timer is set to the appropriate time and the irons are applied to the horses skin long enough to alter the hair shaft. A perfect freeze mark would have slight balding in the center surrounded by white hair. The site will swell initially, then after a few days will begin to scab over. Eventually as the dead skin sloughs off the site may itch some. Aftercare for the site is as simple as "do not pick the scabs". Once the skin has become smooth again, hair will begin to grow back in. It can take a hair growth season for the hair to come back in white but the marking will be easily visible if the site is kept coarse clipped with a 10 blade. Once the hair has grown back into the marking and the process is completed ...



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