Taurus
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RoanDurham":2vdev2uk said:I've dehorned everyway imaginable... and then some. This is by far my least preferred way of doing it. You're lying to yourself if you think that after awhile it goes 'numb.' Not only is it the least humane way, IMO it leaves the least desirable look -- especially since you have not got the horn bud completely out, they will grow back to an extent and look like scurs. That's a shame you did that to the Hereford as some horn weights would have shaped them perfectly. I've had Holstein steers literally lay flat out on theirs side clearly in agonizing pain for a good while after putting bands on them. I haven't seen it to that extent in beef calves-- don't know what the difference was-- but there are better options than something that takes WEEKS of discomfort to accomplish.
Hello Gassey135, I have no idea that you did dehorning on cattle before. I've seen bad results of horns being saw off that could result into a death due to infection and blood loss. It will takes days or possible weeks for the cattle to recovering from that and they usually lost some weight from that. It is very painful procedure for most cattle. Banding on other hand, just how many cattle that died from the banding on horns? It is painless procedure and I has yet lost a cow or calf from banding on horns. They hasn't lost some pounds from this procedure.