Smallholders Insurance from Greenlands

Author Topic: Ear tagging and castrating done!  (Read 5709 times)

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Ear tagging and castrating done!
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2014, 11:23:04 am »
I just leave the horns on. They make great drinking cups in due course  ;D

One year OH's dad sent some Lim x stores to market as he always does but didn't get the prices he normally gets, the prices were still good but not fantastic- the reason being those stores hadn't been dehorned and store buyers want dehorned cattle to avoid injuries whilst they are finishing. Since then we've really kept on top of it.

Backinwellies

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Re: Ear tagging and castrating done!
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2014, 03:20:17 pm »
I'd love to SiN  but rather a long way from here to there!

 By the way... you can get lovely small disbudders these days heated by lighter fluid ... much easier than the great gas bottles I used to haul around.
Linda

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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
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Re: Ear tagging and castrating done!
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2014, 06:14:32 pm »
I'd love to SiN  but rather a long way from here to there!

Well you'd be very welcome - but I meant written !  Pretty please??  :eyelashes: :eyelashes:
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

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