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Post by archiecorrie on Feb 20, 2019 9:55:41 GMT
Just wandering what/if anything people do to prevent their Longhorns from wounding each other with their horns?
It is only a problem for us when the cattle are housed and particularly this year we have seen some nasty stab wounds generally around the back ends of some cows and heifers.
Many thanks!
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Post by Tom Mills on Feb 20, 2019 21:52:59 GMT
We’ve had the same problem, I don’t know what the solution is! The ones with bonnet horns seem a lot less viscous. Only definately solution is to dis-bud them I guess
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Post by Sophie Gurton on Feb 21, 2019 7:00:37 GMT
I've seen people cut the ends off to stop them wounding each other, the other thing I'd seen was tennis balls on the horn tips. No idea how successful this would be, I'd imagine they would knock them off! Good idea though
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Post by fernbankdaisy on Feb 23, 2019 14:40:47 GMT
We have a Animal with a Horn about to grow into the face. If we trim the Horn are there any blood vessel's to watch out for. We removed 2" and no sign of blood, All went well, Thanks.
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Post by Tom Mills on Feb 23, 2019 19:39:17 GMT
There are blood vessels in the horn but they get smaller towards the tip. I would always recommend just trimming a small amount regularly rather than trying to cut off too much. Up to about an inch should be okay, it will probably bleed, but this should soon stop.
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Post by bellfield on Apr 6, 2019 16:34:46 GMT
Just wandering what/if anything people do to prevent their Longhorns from wounding each other with their horns? It is only a problem for us when the cattle are housed and particularly this year we have seen some nasty stab wounds generally around the back ends of some cows and heifers. Many thanks! We have had this problem as well and its always worst when cattle numbers per pen are higher, they enjoy their own space! We tend to find particular cows are worse at bullying/wounding others as well. The last couple of years I've taken the tips off the older cows, worst offenders at housing time to try and prevent wounding, it doesn't stop the pecking order battle but it seems to have removed the same degree of wounding. You can remove a couple of inches off the tip by obstetrical wire with minimal risk of bleeding. |
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Post by ozoziud on Nov 7, 2019 12:10:35 GMT
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