Removing horns in a young goat

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I have a chance at getting a lovely young buck who has not been disbudded. :barnie He's about 8 to 10 weeks old. How complex and nasty would it be to band him or have his horns removed some other way? What would you recommend?

The horns are maybe an inch.
 
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If you can get the disbudder over the horns, you could still burn them. Otherwise, just wait till they are bigger and then band them.
 
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SkyWarrior said:
I have a chance at getting a lovely young buck who has not been disbudded. :barnie He's about 8 to 10 weeks old. How complex and nasty would it be to band him or have his horns removed some other way? What would you recommend?

The horns are maybe an inch.
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Maybe paste?

Do you want to keep him for breeding, cause you could get a horned wether to keep him company if you dont mind :)
 
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The paste is only for when they are horn buds. Once the horns start growing, the paste is not an option.
 
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ksalvagno said:
If you can get the disbudder over the horns, you could still burn them. Otherwise, just wait till they are bigger and then band them.
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What do you think? Here's the picture the owner sent me.

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Cute little guy, isn't he?
 
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You "might" be able to get a calf size disbudder over them. I'd certainly give that a try first - you can just try it cold to see if it will go over them before heating it up.
 
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He would be hard to hold still for that. He looks to big for a kid box.
Good Luck.
 
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I was looking on this thread and was wondering what "banding" is. I know you can disbud them when they are very young but have never heard of banding a goat's horns. Can someone explain? :)
 
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