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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1142474" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>My cows all went through a bad bushfire 18 months ago. I have one who is either lame because her feet grew wrong, or her feet grew wrong because she is lame. But she has a scar down the front of the hoof that makes me think it might have been from a burnt foot. Burnt feet would make them grow weird, she is just walking unevenly on it and one claw is long and splayed with a ridge down the front. </p><p></p><p>So I am sort of inclined to try to trim her foot for her. But not sure if that is sensible.</p><p></p><p>I have to do it by myself because my husband is injured and cant help. I am about 5'3" and not as young as Id like to be any more and because he is injured its just me running the place. I have a lot of experience trimming horses and have my own gear. It is Australia so the cow is not worth much, and there is no-one who trims cows feet that it would be worth getting in. </p><p></p><p>The good side is that I have Ace promazine so I can dope her out. If I give her too much and she dies that is better than me being injured and she probably would not die and is only worth $400 anyway. </p><p></p><p>I dont want to try to pick up her feet when she is in the crush.</p><p></p><p>Is it worth haltering her head then stretching her out by the back legs and doing it on the ground?</p><p></p><p>Who has trimmed feet at home themselves on range cows?</p><p></p><p>It is a front foot.</p><p></p><p>Any tips?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1142474, member: 18575"] My cows all went through a bad bushfire 18 months ago. I have one who is either lame because her feet grew wrong, or her feet grew wrong because she is lame. But she has a scar down the front of the hoof that makes me think it might have been from a burnt foot. Burnt feet would make them grow weird, she is just walking unevenly on it and one claw is long and splayed with a ridge down the front. So I am sort of inclined to try to trim her foot for her. But not sure if that is sensible. I have to do it by myself because my husband is injured and cant help. I am about 5'3" and not as young as Id like to be any more and because he is injured its just me running the place. I have a lot of experience trimming horses and have my own gear. It is Australia so the cow is not worth much, and there is no-one who trims cows feet that it would be worth getting in. The good side is that I have Ace promazine so I can dope her out. If I give her too much and she dies that is better than me being injured and she probably would not die and is only worth $400 anyway. I dont want to try to pick up her feet when she is in the crush. Is it worth haltering her head then stretching her out by the back legs and doing it on the ground? Who has trimmed feet at home themselves on range cows? It is a front foot. Any tips? [/QUOTE]
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