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I've seen some horns with a knot or hump in them. Will the tip where it has ripped and bent up make the horn grow that way or will it straighten itself out? I'm just curious how the horn grows - does it add layers from the inside?

How will it heal? Will it grow around the tip that's there or will she eventually rip that little tip off and just have a hole there?

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One of my heifers recently broke her horn off about 5" from the tip. Now there is flesh looking tip - looks like the end of your finger - sticking about 1 1/2" out of the end of the horn. She has busted the fleshy thing twice and it bleeds pretty good. Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks...

Thanks for the help. The heifers look like they are growing so maybe everything is o.k.. Thay also have stoped their monthly bleeding. Thanks again.

Thanks for the info. This is my first go around with cattle and wasn't sure what to expect. What kind of cost should I expect for these test? For the bull? For the heifers? Thanks, Clif

I have a longhorn bull - 20 months old - in with two 22 month old longhorn heifers. He has been in with them for about 9 months now. The heifers used to bleed really bad once a month or so and now bleed very little - if at all. Now they have a clear discharge with minor blood every month or...