Barnes dehorner

[jimmer]

Anyone else use or used this method ?

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Have used it before on stirks that have missed being dehorned as calves. Works well on the right size horn, needs a dehorning iron to cauterise the bleeding.

 

[Milkcow365]

Anyone else use or used this method ?

Done about 60 like that last few days

 

[C.J]

I have a pair of those which will fit over 1" diameter horn ,so will do 2 1/2" long horns if not too coarse.

There is a bigger size , that our vets have - be carefull not to go too deep.

 

[jimmer]

Thanks all ?

 

[som farmer]

good bit of kit, if worried about bleeding, use 2 cable ties together, and pull them tight, around the base of the horn, cable tie, fairly small, but tie round the base of both, not 1 each. Couldn't explain that so well, but hope you understand ! Lad helping us a bit, said it wouldn't work, he apologised, done 100's like it.
A word of advice, leave it until the fly season is over, many years ago, 40+ did some, and we ended up treating them every day for weeks, flies got into the horn. Get set up right, not much more than 3 minutes a head.

 

[sidjon]

Yep and broke them fairly quickly, got a pair sent from NZ from shoof much stronger