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Where can you get caustic stick for dehorning in northern ireland

  • 20-07-2011 9:04pm
    #1
    ltec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭


    where can you get caustic stick for dehorning in northern ireland, there was a thread on it but nobody answered it.


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  • #2
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    hopefully nowhere.
    Get yourself a skulling iron and dont be messing with that nonsense


  • #3
    ltec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭ltec


    What do you mean by nonsense, you musnt know how to use it properly.


  • #4
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    ltec wrote: »
    What do you mean by nonsense, you musnt know how to use it properly.


    Itec, I dont want to seem I'm being a smartarse, but not that long ago you didn't know something as basic as the cattle breed abreviations, so it seems odd that you would know the 'proper' way to dehorn a calf.
    If you did you would buy a proper dehorner. It's easier on man and beast, and with time and experience you will realise it's a good investment.

    Do what you like yourself though. That's my tuppence worth!


  • #5
    mjcom4d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭mjcom4d


    Bizzum wrote: »
    ltec wrote: »
    What do you mean by nonsense, you musnt know how to use it properly.


    Itec, I dont want to seem I'm being a smartarse, but not that long ago you didn't know something as basic as the cattle breed abreviations, so it seems odd that you would know the 'proper' way to dehorn a calf.
    If you did you would buy a proper dehorner. It's easier on man and beast, and with time and experience you will realise it's a good investment.

    Do what you like yourself though. That's my tuppence worth!

    Connacht agri have the right yoke for him


  • #6
    polod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 367 ✭✭polod


    why would you want caustic sticks ? thats all done away with now you have to use a dehoring iron now


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  • #7
    ltec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭ltec


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Itec, I dont want to seem I'm being a smartarse, but not that long ago you didn't know something as basic as the cattle breed abreviations, so it seems odd that you would know the 'proper' way to dehorn a calf.
    If you did you would buy a proper dehorner. It's easier on man and beast, and with time and experience you will realise it's a good investment.

    Do what you like yourself though. That's my tuppence worth!

    So if you dont know cattle breed abreviations then you cant be a farmer. I dont think many older farmers knows anything about all this shortened phone txt. The calves on our farm has been dehorned with caustic by my father since ever he farmed. I never once seen any problems and i was usually the one holding the calf as he did it. The calves were in no stress and never effected them in any way.

    Ive noticed a lot of cattle in the markets now in northern ireland have got horns, i suspect this is due to not being able to get caustic.


  • #8
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    ltec wrote: »
    The calves on our farm has been dehorned with caustic by my father since ever he farmed. I never once seen any problems

    I've seen them.
    You plough on though. Don't mind me.


  • #9
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    ltec wrote: »
    So if you dont know cattle breed abreviations then you cant be a farmer. I dont think many older farmers knows anything about all this shortened phone txt. The calves on our farm has been dehorned with caustic by my father since ever he farmed. I never once seen any problems and i was usually the one holding the calf as he did it. The calves were in no stress and never effected them in any way.

    Ive noticed a lot of cattle in the markets now in northern ireland have got horns, i suspect this is due to not being able to get caustic.

    Barbaric antiquated dangerous practice. Good riddance.


  • #10
    mjcom4d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭mjcom4d


    ltec wrote: »
    Bizzum wrote: »
    Itec, I dont want to seem I'm being a smartarse, but not that long ago you didn't know something as basic as the cattle breed abreviations, so it seems odd that you would know the 'proper' way to dehorn a calf.
    If you did you would buy a proper dehorner. It's easier on man and beast, and with time and experience you will realise it's a good investment.

    Do what you like yourself though. That's my tuppence worth!

    So if you dont know cattle breed abreviations then you cant be a farmer. I dont think many older farmers knows anything about all this shortened phone txt. The calves on our farm has been dehorned with caustic by my father since ever he farmed. I never once seen any problems and i was usually the one holding the calf as he did it. The calves were in no stress and never effected them in any way.

    Ive noticed a lot of cattle in the markets now in northern ireland have got horns, i suspect this is due to not being able to get caustic.

    Wel if ya don't know the abbreviations how in the name a jaysus are you supposed to fill in the forms for registering calves and so what if an older farmer doesn't know text language ?


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