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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1672427" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Tried that years ago. Horns have different shapes and sizes in different breeds at different ages. The Cheerio bands wanted to just roll up the horn and off due to the extreme taper on the horn. About weaning age simmental with short horns with a wide base. Cut a little groove in the horn to keep it from rolling off. Turned her out and she had a personality disorder then. Shook her head around, bawled like she was gonna die. Looked like she was in extreme duress. Took them off and decided that method was not for me.</p><p>Thankfully, I have not had any that required dehorning in years. For small animals, I would use the Barnes type scoops and pull the bleeders or for larger animal, use OB wire that is fairly quick and somewhat self cauterizes from the heat it makes. Would think about fly control in warm weather for any method.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1672427, member: 40418"] Tried that years ago. Horns have different shapes and sizes in different breeds at different ages. The Cheerio bands wanted to just roll up the horn and off due to the extreme taper on the horn. About weaning age simmental with short horns with a wide base. Cut a little groove in the horn to keep it from rolling off. Turned her out and she had a personality disorder then. Shook her head around, bawled like she was gonna die. Looked like she was in extreme duress. Took them off and decided that method was not for me. Thankfully, I have not had any that required dehorning in years. For small animals, I would use the Barnes type scoops and pull the bleeders or for larger animal, use OB wire that is fairly quick and somewhat self cauterizes from the heat it makes. Would think about fly control in warm weather for any method. [/QUOTE]
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