Banding Horns

[DKRabbitry]

Very interesting. Thank you for the photos. That doesn't look unbearably painful at all like I imagined. I know it can bleed a lot, I have a cream lamancha doe with scurs. She knocks them off every so often and comes up looking like someone poured a cup of blood down her face. I am going to have to give it a try... have to go over it with DH again.

 

[helmstead]

And, just for the know how, Your spouse's site is the one we chose to emulate the banding from, but, obviously could not tell that either of the bands were on or below the hairline. Both myself and my spouse thought them at and slightly above hairline.... maybe someone can add arrows and labeling to the photo's???

I had to go look. In fact, Helen's skin and her horn are about the same color, and he didn't go through all the instructions like I did on a private forum that I direct people to...I will ask him about amending all that. Thank you for the feedback!

 

[BlackWatchLady]

And, just for the know how, Your spouse's site is the one we chose to emulate the banding from, but, obviously could not tell that either of the bands were on or below the hairline. Both myself and my spouse thought them at and slightly above hairline.... maybe someone can add arrows and labeling to the photo's???

I had to go look. In fact, Helen's skin and her horn are about the same color, and he didn't go through all the instructions like I did on a private forum that I direct people to...I will ask him about amending all that. Thank you for the feedback!

Not a problem,

 

[elevan]

This would make a great Educational Page - if someone wants to volunteer to build one

 

[Goatmasta]

This would make a great Educational Page - if someone wants to volunteer to build one

I already did it is on my website.

 

[elevan]

This would make a great Educational Page - if someone wants to volunteer to build one

I already did it is on my website.

I am very aware of that. I'm talking about someone volunteering to build an educational page to THIS website, so that we're not referring members to other websites.

Would you like to volunteer? Since it's your own content all you'd have to do is a copy and paste into a "My Page" format.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Susyr22 Thanks, for those links, I hadn't seen the second one and both are interesting.

helmstead I also thought from the pic on your site the bands where above the hairline, even thought the instructions say to get as close to the skin as possible. That's one of the reasons I assumed they'd grow back because the base was still there.

BlackWatchLady I'm thinking I prefer the banding too if it's permanent. The only person I know has a disbudding iron also has scurs on most of her youngstock so I am less than thrilled with the idea of getting her to disbud my kids only to end up with scurs.

All in all I think I'll be tying this out after fly season here. I do wonder if I can get the buck done but after this mornings feeding where he slammed the poor wether so hard he drove the wethers horns into my leg I'm thinking a horn free herd would be safer for me, them and the other critters here. Banding my kids will also be very handy when I do a doeling swap with the breeder of my goats, he likes horns on so I'll leave my kids as they are and band the new doelings I get.

 

[ksalvagno]

Here is what Millie looks like up close. We did not get the grooves right at the skin level. It is slightly above skin. Honestly, I hope to never band another goat again. Banding horns on an adult is a pain. Even with me holding her horns, standing over/on top of her and in the milking stand, I did have problems controlling her. I think the Orajel makes a huge difference and it helped when we weren't right against her skin. Disbudding is much easier and when you learn how to do it right, there aren't any scurs.

 

[BlackWatchLady]

Orajel?

 

[ksalvagno]

Yes, any of the gum numbing gels for people's teeth. Just smear it around the horn on the skin and it will numb the area.