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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 592187" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>Knersie, I thought I'd chime in since you're also a Hereford breeder.</p><p>Specific to showing registered Herefords in USA(may apply to other breeds but I don't know other breed requirements!):</p><p> If removing horns or scurs from a registered animals, the AHA fieldman must make the call about the animal being horned or scurred. He will sign the registration papers and they should be changed if needed. The scurred animal is then able to show in the polled division of shows if horned/polled is split. If the fieldman does not verify the animal is scurred before the scurs are removed, then the animal is assumed to be horned and must show in the horned division. Scurs & horns are almost always removed from the females but usually left on the bulls.</p><p></p><p>General horned/scurred observations:</p><p> Every jr steer show I've seen requires all horns/scurs removed from steers although scurs less than about 1 inch will often be allowed anyway. Most Jr heifer shows have that requirement also. There is no need to reshape the head on a steer, he is what he is. Generally the head on a scurred animal will look polled when the scurs are removed anyway. Removing horns at weaning or earlier will also leave a nicely shaped poll. Removing horns much later may result in a less appealing shaped poll, but why should the animal go through extra cutting of the bone just to be 'pretty'?</p><p></p><p> If we need to show within a month or so of dehorning we will have the vet do a cosmetic dehorning. He will numb the area, cut the skin around the horn, remove the horn, and pull the skin back together over the horn area. If you have a couple months then just have them cut off and let it grow over by itself. We've only had a couple cosmetically dehorned and I've come to the conclusion we'll avoid it if possible. Our cosmetically dehorned heifers have been touchier around their polls than ones dehorned the normal way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 592187, member: 1974"] Knersie, I thought I'd chime in since you're also a Hereford breeder. Specific to showing registered Herefords in USA(may apply to other breeds but I don't know other breed requirements!): If removing horns or scurs from a registered animals, the AHA fieldman must make the call about the animal being horned or scurred. He will sign the registration papers and they should be changed if needed. The scurred animal is then able to show in the polled division of shows if horned/polled is split. If the fieldman does not verify the animal is scurred before the scurs are removed, then the animal is assumed to be horned and must show in the horned division. Scurs & horns are almost always removed from the females but usually left on the bulls. General horned/scurred observations: Every jr steer show I've seen requires all horns/scurs removed from steers although scurs less than about 1 inch will often be allowed anyway. Most Jr heifer shows have that requirement also. There is no need to reshape the head on a steer, he is what he is. Generally the head on a scurred animal will look polled when the scurs are removed anyway. Removing horns at weaning or earlier will also leave a nicely shaped poll. Removing horns much later may result in a less appealing shaped poll, but why should the animal go through extra cutting of the bone just to be 'pretty'? If we need to show within a month or so of dehorning we will have the vet do a cosmetic dehorning. He will numb the area, cut the skin around the horn, remove the horn, and pull the skin back together over the horn area. If you have a couple months then just have them cut off and let it grow over by itself. We've only had a couple cosmetically dehorned and I've come to the conclusion we'll avoid it if possible. Our cosmetically dehorned heifers have been touchier around their polls than ones dehorned the normal way. [/QUOTE]
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