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De-horning calves, what age

  • 27-05-2009 10:28pm
    #1
    pakalasa
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    I'm in the Suckler Scheme & under this calves have to dehorned within 3 weeks of birth, if after 2 weeks an anaestic must be used.

    I asked the vet the first year, the ideal size to dehorn at and he said about 7mm or so. The problem is most of my calves take about 6 weeks to reach this size. Heifers are slower than bulls and continental breeds like the Charolais are slower again.
    I did them before within 2 weeks and I had to do them again. Now it's a tough enough job, on me and the poor calf without doing them twice.

    Lets say at the moment I'm being creative with the dates.:rolleyes:

    Would like to hear what other people do?


Comments

  • #2
    whelan1
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    we're lucky as ours are angus !!!!!!!!!!!!


  • #3
    Tableman
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    I tend to be a little creative too!!!!


  • #4
    adne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭adne


    Tableman wrote: »
    I tend to be a little creative too!!!!

    every animal is different... creativity is needed.... the dept is stupid to think they can generalise with a 2 week marker


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