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Post by stoney on Feb 10, 2016 14:45:23 GMT -6
Can anyone share their experiences with electric dehorners and who makes a good one? Thank you!! |
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Post by guffeygal on Feb 10, 2016 20:44:17 GMT -6
We have had good luck with the one that is just a circular hoop. I cannot think of the brand name right now. Part of the secret to doing a good job with it is to shell the horn after the initial burn and then burn it again.
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Post by stoney on Feb 12, 2016 13:00:12 GMT -6
Thank you. I appreciate the response.
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Post by bookcliff on Feb 14, 2016 21:03:09 GMT -6
We have had good luck with the one that is just a circular hoop. I cannot think of the brand name right now. Part of the secret to doing a good job with it is to shell the horn after the initial burn and then burn it again. agree totally with Mike and Jane on how to do it if your using an iron, be it electic or fire heated, mine electric happens to be made by L&H. however I am still partial to a set of barnes dehorners (buy the good ones made by Mooremaker, not the cheap crappy ones they sell at farm supply stores these days, mooremakers are better steel and hold a sharp edge longer and better) and a searing iron or the edge of the branding iron if need be, I guess the old ways die hard since I've done done thousands of em that way. that all being said these days I prefer to paste anyone whose giong to be a steer as well as the heifers at birth. |
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Post by scherefords on Feb 15, 2016 15:31:57 GMT -6
I will use paste,used it on last heifer and its like free money on trees in the back yard
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Post by stoney on Feb 15, 2016 19:55:25 GMT -6
What kind of paste are you referring to. Is that the acid based paste?
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Post by bookcliff on Feb 16, 2016 17:47:42 GMT -6
What kind of paste are you referring to. Is that the acid based paste? I use Doc Naylors. trim hair away from horn bud ( I use a set of roaching shears), take a dolop about the size of a fingernail outa the jar with a popsicle stick and smear it over the horn bud. |
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Post by stoney on Feb 16, 2016 19:54:37 GMT -6
Thank you. I will give that a try this year.
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Post by rvf1986 on Feb 17, 2016 11:56:06 GMT -6
I've tried paste a couple years ago. I had a problem with cows licking the paste off of the calves heads. I prefer using electric dehorner that way I know I've gotten the job done when the calves leave the chute!
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Post by stoney on Feb 17, 2016 19:23:55 GMT -6
I was wondering if the cows would lick off the paste. Thank you.
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Post by bookcliff on Feb 20, 2016 15:21:44 GMT -6
I was wondering if the cows would lick off the paste. Thank you. haven't ever had a problem with that since I went to pasting the tens of hundreds of calves I have pasted at birth . futhermore, while I am not giong to say that it doesn't happen, if you've ever took a dip of Copenhagen with even the wiped off remnants of Naylors on the fingers, I can't imagine a cow taking even more than one lick on a pasted horn bud, much less continuing to lick until it's all gone. I would guess that if it didn't work, most blame the dam of the calf, but more than likely it wasn't put on the horn bud properly or in enough quanity. |
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Post by nicky on Feb 22, 2016 20:02:07 GMT -6
I was wondering if the cows would lick off the paste. Thank you. haven't ever had a problem with that since I went to pasting the tens of hundreds of calves I have pasted at birth . futhermore, while I am not giong to say that it doesn't happen, if you've ever took a dip of Copenhagen with even the wiped off remnants of Naylors on the fingers, I can't imagine a cow taking even more than one lick on a pasted horn bud, much less continuing to lick until it's all gone. I would guess that if it didn't work, most blame the dam of the calf, but more than likely it wasn't put on the horn bud properly or in enough quanity. I agree that it tastes bad, but I have seen them lick it off (after all, cows almost always lick the iodine when you dip a calfs navel...and we all know that can't be good either). And the calves will often rub it off with their feet. We put a piece of tape on top of the paste. There are always still some we have to burn at branding time. |
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Post by bookcliff on Feb 27, 2016 11:32:16 GMT -6
haven't ever had a problem with that since I went to pasting the tens of hundreds of calves I have pasted at birth . futhermore, while I am not giong to say that it doesn't happen, if you've ever took a dip of Copenhagen with even the wiped off remnants of Naylors on the fingers, I can't imagine a cow taking even more than one lick on a pasted horn bud, much less continuing to lick until it's all gone. I would guess that if it didn't work, most blame the dam of the calf, but more than likely it wasn't put on the horn bud properly or in enough quanity. I agree that it tastes bad, but I have seen them lick it off (after all, cows almost always lick the iodine when you dip a calfs navel...and we all know that can't be good either). And the calves will often rub it off with their feet. We put a piece of tape on top of the paste. There are always still some we have to burn at branding time. i could sure see the feet deal, however since it intantly blistered my mouth the time i "tasted it" I would assume even though a cows mouth is considerably tougher it would have somewhat the same effect. |
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