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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 221627" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>How old is she? Under 2 months and I'd put dehorning paste (caustic stuff) on the horn buds. Separate her from the cow for at least 6 hours so she doesn't rub it off...on her dam's udder. Yikes. Might put duct tape over the horn buds after putting the paste on so that she doesn't rub it off on the fence either.</p><p></p><p>If you feel like waiting a little longer, you can "burn" the horns with an electric dehorner or else chop them off. I've done the dehorning paste and the chop-em-off method...never burned them myself, but seen calves done that way with good results. Chopping them off can be really messy, I will warn you ahead of time.</p><p></p><p>CB said once that he prefers to dehorn at conception, LOL, and I agree that would be nice. But unfortunately, most dairy breeds have little to no selection of polled bulls of any quality, and so we just deal with the horns as they come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 221627, member: 852"] How old is she? Under 2 months and I'd put dehorning paste (caustic stuff) on the horn buds. Separate her from the cow for at least 6 hours so she doesn't rub it off...on her dam's udder. Yikes. Might put duct tape over the horn buds after putting the paste on so that she doesn't rub it off on the fence either. If you feel like waiting a little longer, you can "burn" the horns with an electric dehorner or else chop them off. I've done the dehorning paste and the chop-em-off method...never burned them myself, but seen calves done that way with good results. Chopping them off can be really messy, I will warn you ahead of time. CB said once that he prefers to dehorn at conception, LOL, and I agree that would be nice. But unfortunately, most dairy breeds have little to no selection of polled bulls of any quality, and so we just deal with the horns as they come. [/QUOTE]
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