Calf disbudding service

[cull cows]

Hi I’m looking for someone to come and disbudd 20-25 calves 3-6weeks old...Iv only just started calf rearing so Iv not got the irons or a crate bought yet..
Can anyone recommend anyone please

 

[Courier]

What area....

 

[Northeastfarmer]

The vet

 

[Hilly]

Vet

 

[cull cows]

What area....

Skipton

 

[serf]

What do vets charge , would need a fair few to do to offset the call out charge would have thought, I use a portable Ritchie gas iron , runs on lighter fuel , its not to big a job if you can get someone to help you .

 

[cull cows]

What do vets charge , would need a fair few to do to offset the call out charge would have thought, I use a portable Ritchie gas iron , runs on lighter fuel , its not to big a job if you can get someone to help you .

I can do them Iv done them plenty off times when I worked on farms..Iv just not got on with buying a iron and a crate..worried they will get to big before I get the equipment bought that’s all

 

[M-J-G]

Crates are too slow IMO, you'll buy an iron an hour and get local anesthetic for a few quid from the vet

 

[Zippy768]

Crates are too slow IMO, you'll buy an iron an hour and get local anesthetic for a few quid from the vet

Debated this earlier this afternoon. We use a home made crate (looks like a man basket ) with the front having four locking yokes. Put four in, lock them up, Jab, line up the next four while there "cooking", then de-horn the four. Release and repeat.
Two man job tho and with ultimately only two us here, trying to speed the process up.

Borrowed a crate from a neighbour but it took just too long, although only one man job. V laborious.
We still use an electric iron but have come to the conclusion gas might speed it up.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Debated this earlier this afternoon. We use a home made crate (looks like a man basket ) with the front having four locking yokes. Put four in, lock them up, Jab, line up the next four while there "cooking", then de-horn the four. Release and repeat.
Two man job tho and with ultimately only two us here, trying to speed the process up.

Borrowed a crate from a neighbour but it took just too long, although only one man job. V laborious.
We still use an electric iron but have come to the conclusion gas might speed it up.

Just sold my crate, not used it for 3 years....paste the lot at birth now

 

[s line]

Hi I’m looking for someone to come and disbudd 20-25 calves 3-6weeks old...Iv only just started calf rearing so Iv not got the irons or a crate bought yet..
Can anyone recommend anyone please

I normally do it by myself.No crate... Give me fuel for the car and i will help you out!!!

 

[pine_guy]

Hi I’m looking for someone to come and disbudd 20-25 calves 3-6weeks old...Iv only just started calf rearing so Iv not got the irons or a crate bought yet..
Can anyone recommend anyone please

What do vets charge , would need a fair few to do to offset the call out charge would have thought, I use a portable Ritchie gas iron , runs on lighter fuel , its not to big a job if you can get someone to help you .

Haven’t used them myself, but vet technician do them from our practice. vet and tech come out, give them a couple of hurdles and point to the calves. About £5 a calf, that includes a shot of metacam. Calves are knocked out and it’s all very stress free. If you dairy, they check the teats for you as well.
looking at horns on some stirks here, I should have used this service last year

 

[bert]

Bought a Bateman crate this time and think it’s great, don’t like paste when I tried it. He’s got 6 week old calves to do, try holding them and dehorning at the same time, no thanks

 

[pine_guy]

Here you go, video of the service.

Vet Tech

www.paragonvet.com

put them in the back of the wagon when you come up to mart and park it outside the practice

 

[Optimus]

Just sold my crate, not used it for 3 years....paste the lot at birth now

That's what we do,far easier.

 

[kfpben]

If you’re lucky your vet may have students who do it FOC under supervision as part of their training. I have classes out sometimes for disbudding and castrations.

 

[tr250]

Crates are too slow IMO, you'll buy an iron an hour and get local anesthetic for a few quid from the vet

You fancy a job holding 200 beef calves this week? The oldest are a month old but I’m fairly sure you’d throw the towel in after half a dozen

 

[unlacedgecko]

You fancy a job holding 200 beef calves this week? The oldest are a month old but I’m fairly sure you’d throw the towel in after half a dozen

£10/calf. I'll be over 2 days every week with my newly bought crate.

 

[Cornish bob]

As they calve we individually pen the cows if they suck we then load them in to a quad trailer de horn with the paste tag and record details.we then drive slowly out to field with the cows following

 

[nonemouse]

You fancy a job holding 200 beef calves this week? The oldest are a month old but I’m fairly sure you’d throw the towel in after half a dozen

Used to work at spot rearing 1600 calves a year, 2 of us (1 holding 1 jabbing/disbudding)no crate but 2 irons to alternate with so always good and hot. could Easily do around 40 per hour