**They need a brand or else how would we sort them out when there’s a mix of 15 different herds in the stock pens?**
I fully understand that. I come from the land of fences, but also know what open range is.
Side note, how do you keep your stock off the highways?
If by “stock pens” you mean sale barn pens, well it is obvious you nave never been to an east coast livestock sale.
Lickum and stickem.
You don’t. Every year we lose some to vehicle collisions. In areas where there is multiple incidents the county will generally fence off a couple of miles so they don’t get sued for not protecting the people who are using the highways.