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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 316972" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Depends how big they are. If they're little nubbins you can put dehorning paste on or use an electric dehorner, if they're a little larger (2-4 month old calf) the electric dehorner will still work or you can chop the horns off. Any larger than that and they have to be chopped off.</p><p></p><p>I had a half-dozen or so calves with horns like this...</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/calf50horns_121306.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>that I had taken off at the vet clinic 2 weeks ago. I didn't <u>have </u>to have the vet do it -- but he's better about getting everything so the horns don't grow back (mine come back sometimes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />), and I don't have facilities to take the horns off at home (no chute). Besides, $4/hd for chopping the horns off, pulling veins, and cauterizing the area seems a pretty good deal to me for a couple calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 316972, member: 852"] Depends how big they are. If they're little nubbins you can put dehorning paste on or use an electric dehorner, if they're a little larger (2-4 month old calf) the electric dehorner will still work or you can chop the horns off. Any larger than that and they have to be chopped off. I had a half-dozen or so calves with horns like this... [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/calf50horns_121306.jpg[/img] that I had taken off at the vet clinic 2 weeks ago. I didn't [u]have [/u]to have the vet do it -- but he's better about getting everything so the horns don't grow back (mine come back sometimes :P), and I don't have facilities to take the horns off at home (no chute). Besides, $4/hd for chopping the horns off, pulling veins, and cauterizing the area seems a pretty good deal to me for a couple calves. [/QUOTE]
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