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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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 Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 4:43:21 PM
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The lady we bought the goats from, had rescued them. The people who had them originally, did not dis-bud him properly, and his horns grew back in, however one is not going up, and is going back down to his head. It's almost touching his head. What do we need to do? I have no idea how to locate a farm vet either. There is a photo of him on my blog.
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
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Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 5:41:50 PM
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hi kristina, my vet uses a caltrate bander. its like what is used for castrating bucks etc. the put 2 or 3 really close to the head. it ends up cutting off circulation it dies and falls off. way less aggressive, but sometimes they knock them off. hope this helps ya happy days sherrye
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rachel
Clayton
GA
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Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 5:57:48 PM
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He's a good looking goat. You can also keep the horn trimmed, you should be able to get some clippers at a feed store. As far as finding a vet, I"d just go through the phone book and ask if they do farm animals and what the barn fee is (or office visit if you take him to them).
Rachel
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Jun 04 2011 : 06:20:00 AM
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I bought a buck 2 years ago and he has part of a horn that started doing the same thing. I take my really sharp hoove clippers and while my husband holds him I clip off about an inch. So far its been fine and I do that about every 6 months. Good luck.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2011 : 06:27:31 AM
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He looks just like Abby's buck from last year. Very handsome buck. We waited too long to be able to disbud him so he has horns.
So with Abby's buck this year, I took him to a vet to disbud. He was a week old. One of them is coming back but on the side. It's only about 1 1/2" right now. Could I just clip it? Or can we use the iron on it?
Kris
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Jun 04 2011 : 5:43:01 PM
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Kristin if he is still pretty young you can burn that side again. If you don't want that done just keep it clipped. When they get older they don't like having it clipped very much. Bucks don't like to have their heads confined when you try to clip and some don't seem to mind at all just depends on their personality. My buck is always a bit honery when we do his. I am glad we only do it twice a year.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2011 : 5:47:42 PM
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Linda, he's just 7 weeks old. All the other;s are great. No sign of horns at all. Next time they will be done before they even come out. Like a week old. That seems to be a good time. My friend had borrowed my disbudding iron last year. She called the other day and said she found it. So she will be bringing it back to me and hopefully she can help with Zeke's one little horn before it gets too big.
Kris
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
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