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Several years back and idea was talked about, but I don't know how many folks actually tried it. Cutting an X in the head of the kid at birth, popping out the still floating bud, and spraying with fural.
I tried it this with the last batch of kids, the boys only. I just called one of the gals who bought one of the bucks because I wanted to tell all you about this. His head is perfect, no scurs.
I just took a scalpel cut and X over where the horn bud was going to be, after his colostrum bottle. Using the scalpel I popped out the hornbud which was like a dime thickness. I sprayed it with fural. The second one I did I just hit him with the side of my disbudding iron.
I was actually hoping that a friend of mine who just kidded out was having boys because we wanted to do them. When Phil sold out (our old moderator) I got an original rhinehart 50 with the regular small tip. This time I want to hit the head with it, pop out the cap, and then re-hit it with this iron, doing it at birth. No tetanus worries at all with maternal immunity (paying attention to your colostrum quality) and the kid really had no problems with this, both took their second colostrum bottles about 2 hours later with no problems.
So anyone remember anything about this technique, no anybody who did it, or did you try it? This is Nubian's, I know my daughters LaMancha bucks were born with horn buds up, not the flat heads Nubian's have. And I am not sure I would be ballzie enough to do infant high multiples girls! Vicki
I tried it this with the last batch of kids, the boys only. I just called one of the gals who bought one of the bucks because I wanted to tell all you about this. His head is perfect, no scurs.
I just took a scalpel cut and X over where the horn bud was going to be, after his colostrum bottle. Using the scalpel I popped out the hornbud which was like a dime thickness. I sprayed it with fural. The second one I did I just hit him with the side of my disbudding iron.
I was actually hoping that a friend of mine who just kidded out was having boys because we wanted to do them. When Phil sold out (our old moderator) I got an original rhinehart 50 with the regular small tip. This time I want to hit the head with it, pop out the cap, and then re-hit it with this iron, doing it at birth. No tetanus worries at all with maternal immunity (paying attention to your colostrum quality) and the kid really had no problems with this, both took their second colostrum bottles about 2 hours later with no problems.
So anyone remember anything about this technique, no anybody who did it, or did you try it? This is Nubian's, I know my daughters LaMancha bucks were born with horn buds up, not the flat heads Nubian's have. And I am not sure I would be ballzie enough to do infant high multiples girls! Vicki