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<blockquote data-quote="Cowboymom" data-source="post: 119416" data-attributes="member: 2278"><p>Gee...thanks for the compliment Bez, I think it was one. </p><p></p><p>I, too, looked at your picture and good try but no cigar. Just by looking at the weights and the size of the horns, I would take those weights and almost put them on the end of the horn. You really need the two sides to come together or they will fall off directly. Also, as stated, you need to see "daylight" between the horn and the weight after you have them cinched down. We use a screwdriver with a socket on the end to start it and then tighten them off with a little rachet. Be careful of the racket or you can shear the bolt off. </p><p></p><p>Horns come down quicker the further on the ends you put them and it doesn't make them curve too much. Leaving them on too long is what makes them curve. Also, one horn may come down faster than the other. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what kind of chute you use, but you have to be careful after you get the weights on that you don't knock off the horn and weight getting them out. Heifers are especially bad because they are heifers! That bull you are weighting has plenty of horn and it will take a long time for those horns to come down. </p><p></p><p>We got late on horn weighting last year because my mother died. We didn't get it done until they were about yearlings. They just didn't turn out as nice as when they do when they are weaners.</p><p></p><p>As for the bull in question, after you finish getting his horns turned, I would "clean him up a bit". Take a saw and cut off about an inch of horn, past the blood. Then rasp it a little. Makes a big horned bull like that look a lot cleaner and younger. </p><p></p><p>We have been tipping all our heifers when we horn brand them after they calve. Yes, we still horn brand. We have too many cows to know them all personally and if they lose an ear tag, we can still identify them until we get them in again. </p><p></p><p>One last thing, if you can't get those one pound weights to seat right, try using 3/4 pound ones. Sometimes they seem to work better on horns like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowboymom, post: 119416, member: 2278"] Gee...thanks for the compliment Bez, I think it was one. I, too, looked at your picture and good try but no cigar. Just by looking at the weights and the size of the horns, I would take those weights and almost put them on the end of the horn. You really need the two sides to come together or they will fall off directly. Also, as stated, you need to see "daylight" between the horn and the weight after you have them cinched down. We use a screwdriver with a socket on the end to start it and then tighten them off with a little rachet. Be careful of the racket or you can shear the bolt off. Horns come down quicker the further on the ends you put them and it doesn't make them curve too much. Leaving them on too long is what makes them curve. Also, one horn may come down faster than the other. I don't know what kind of chute you use, but you have to be careful after you get the weights on that you don't knock off the horn and weight getting them out. Heifers are especially bad because they are heifers! That bull you are weighting has plenty of horn and it will take a long time for those horns to come down. We got late on horn weighting last year because my mother died. We didn't get it done until they were about yearlings. They just didn't turn out as nice as when they do when they are weaners. As for the bull in question, after you finish getting his horns turned, I would "clean him up a bit". Take a saw and cut off about an inch of horn, past the blood. Then rasp it a little. Makes a big horned bull like that look a lot cleaner and younger. We have been tipping all our heifers when we horn brand them after they calve. Yes, we still horn brand. We have too many cows to know them all personally and if they lose an ear tag, we can still identify them until we get them in again. One last thing, if you can't get those one pound weights to seat right, try using 3/4 pound ones. Sometimes they seem to work better on horns like that. [/QUOTE]
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