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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 805528" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I've been around cattle all of my life, and dehorning is an inhumane procedure in my honest opinion. Now, having said that, I also understand why it must be done if you're stupid enough to buy cattle with horns and you run an otherwise polled herd. I detest it, I will not do it, and if you don't want horns on your animals then run a polled breed. You can use a dehorning iron, dehorning paste, or a barnes dehorner - which one works best is going to depend on the age of your cattle. All of them hurt, all of them are stressful, and all of them will cause problems if not used properly. The dehorning paste is highly caustic and requires the calf being dehorned to be separated from its mother and the rest of the herd for a specific amount of time so the paste is not smeared on other animals. The iron and the barnes dehorner will cause them to run around in pain for a fair amount of time after dehorning anytime they bump their heads. If not used properly, both will also cause their horns to resume growing incorrectly resulting in even more trauma and stress to correct the problem. The barnes dehorner has also been known to cause some animals to bleed to death depending on the size of their horns. If you don't want horns, don't breed or buy horned animals. Just my honest opinion. I'm not even going to dignify the idiot who suggested wrapping baling wire around the horns with a reply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 805528, member: 539"] I've been around cattle all of my life, and dehorning is an inhumane procedure in my honest opinion. Now, having said that, I also understand why it must be done if you're stupid enough to buy cattle with horns and you run an otherwise polled herd. I detest it, I will not do it, and if you don't want horns on your animals then run a polled breed. You can use a dehorning iron, dehorning paste, or a barnes dehorner - which one works best is going to depend on the age of your cattle. All of them hurt, all of them are stressful, and all of them will cause problems if not used properly. The dehorning paste is highly caustic and requires the calf being dehorned to be separated from its mother and the rest of the herd for a specific amount of time so the paste is not smeared on other animals. The iron and the barnes dehorner will cause them to run around in pain for a fair amount of time after dehorning anytime they bump their heads. If not used properly, both will also cause their horns to resume growing incorrectly resulting in even more trauma and stress to correct the problem. The barnes dehorner has also been known to cause some animals to bleed to death depending on the size of their horns. If you don't want horns, don't breed or buy horned animals. Just my honest opinion. I'm not even going to dignify the idiot who suggested wrapping baling wire around the horns with a reply. [/QUOTE]
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