Author Topic: De-budding (Read 6483 times)

plumseverywhere · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2012, 07:59:45 am »

Quote from: jaykay on February 06, 2012, 07:05:31 am

You have to operate with horns in mind, but that becomes second nature. My sheep, until recently, were a horned breed too, so you just adapt.

I have one horned goat and 2 dis budded. Like Jaykay I've learnt to do what needs to be done with horns in mind - such as bending down to put the bolt across on the gate and making sure I lift my head back up gradually if Vanna is there. I've had a horn in the ribcage, that hurt a bit.
Personality wise my horned goat is very placid, she's not used her horns on the others - touch wood.
I didn't intentionally buy a horned goat to go with my non-horned, they came as a herd.

When there are new animals, she wears hose pipe on her horns (cut an inch too long at the top so you get a floppy-ish bit) as recommended by a breeder friend of mine.

am dreading having to get the kids done $:-\$

fifixx · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2012, 05:40:22 pm »

Love the hosepipe idea! My Billy has horns that curve round and spike you in the leg - I've been told tennis balls on the ends!

One more horn bit of info - I was worried about catching mine by their horns (sometimes easy, often a sneak-up) and asked at the ADAS meeting if it was ok - the vet's reply was it is OK to use the horns - they see more injuries of necks from collars than horns