Dehorning

[rnh2]

Have a couple heifers I want to dehorn. Thought about putting 3-4 elastorator bands on each side with a zip tie to keep them from popping off. Input? Thanks. Trying to do this bloodless

 

[Lucky]

If you plan on keeping them as replacements might call the vet. They can remove the horns and stitch the area up fairly cheap. Looks better when they become a cow too.

 

[Ky hills]

If you plan on keeping them as replacements might call the vet. They can remove the horns and stitch the area up fairly cheap. Looks better when they become a cow too.

Back when I had a registered Charolais herd, that is commonly how I had it done if I didn't get them as small calves with an electric dehorner.

 

[A.J.]

I banded the horns on a heifer a couple years ago, and it worked out pretty well. Her horns were probably 4-5 inches long, and it took close to two months for them to finally fall off. I used one of the bands from our XL bander on each horn and wrapped duct tape over them and it held them in place pretty well.

 

[Ryder]

Cut them and be done with it.
Hate to see an animal subjected to those bands and the horn sensitivity they cause.

 

[hillbilly beef man]

Vet here charges $17 to dehorn if you bring them in. Small price to pay in my book. I always hated de-horning back when we ran horned Herefords.