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Preg Ckin Cow's (warning graphic photo's)

Jassy

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Tuesday was the perfect day to get a start on preg checkin the spring cows...

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Jade & Jazzy ready to work...

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Alleyway full of Ladies in Waiting

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Happy Hubby....Luv's his s&*# job...lol

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My mobile office...

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Cutting horns...

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What a Spray!

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Stoppin the bleeding...

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Finally..Quittin time...
 

rustynail

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so how does hitting them in the head with a hammer stop the bleeding??
lol

we just take a pair of forceps and pull the bleeder out and then cover the end of the cut horn with a cotton ball.

G3
 

Soapweed

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Good pictures, Jassy. I especially like the one of your "hands-on" hubby. :wink:

One method that works well for dehorning older cattle is to use about four feet of obstetrical wire with a handle on each end. It works best if a nose tong holds the bovine head in a secured position. The person doing the dehorning puts the wire at the base of the horn, and with a handle in each hand, goes back and forth until the horn comes off. This procedure also doubles as good aerobic exercise for the person doing the dehorning. :wink: A big advantage in this method is that the heat from the friction cauterizes as it goes, and there is almost no bleeding. If the cutting is done right at the base of the horn, the critter looks like it was born polled when the process is completed.
 

Blkbuckaroo

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Jassy,that's one heck of a nice alleyway you have there!I have a question on your computer program,is it a homemade cattle program or other,looking for a good way to keep track of things better.Thanks :)
 

gcreekrch

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Surgical tubing tied in a figure 8 around the horn bases stops the bleeding completely. I'm with Soap on this one, if you're going to take them off take the whole horn.
Our vet showed me how to freeze horns last fall. Once the Duracaine sets in I'm quite sure you could cut the whole head off and they would just stand there. :D

The very best way is to burn them off when they are calves.
 

Clarencen

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The not so nice part of ranching. I have never used the claw of a hammer to stop the bleeder, but from my take of the picture, he is just using the claw of the squeeze the bleeder and stop the bleeding. Basicly the same as rustynail would do with the forecepts.
 

Shortgrass

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I like OB wire at the base of the horn, but always bleeds some for me anyway. I must pull the wire too slow. It looks to me like the claw hammer is working pretty good. Do you just apply pressure with the claw? I usually have a hot iron available to sear, but the claw may be less painful. The tubing idea sound good also--how long do you leave it on?
 

Jassy

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I don't know why they never cut the horns all the way off....good question I'll have to ask hubby. We do burn horns as calves at branding but as you've seen in my other photo's with gobs of people some get missed by the wrestlers,,not a problem though. This cow's horns were getting wide enuff to make it hard to get her in the chute so that's why she got her horns trimmed...The hammer was the handiest thing at the time to apply pressure..it worked fine...

My cow program is "Cowsense", I've used it for about 10yrs now and get along real good with it. It's a program that will do an awful lot more than what we use it for. It has a program called "Cow Comm" that reads the EID's as they are scanned and up pops the cow and all her info. I just sit there and mark her bred or open...tuff job..lol It also has all her past calving info, so if she say had a bad bag at calving time,,I put that information in, and next time she is scanned it'll tell us that she needs to be sold...or whatever. Good reminder.

We've had the "Daniels" alleyway for probably 10yrs and it's paid for itself over and over. Cows stay quiet in it,, weaning calves stay quiet and nothing can jump out! IT's seen alot of critters through it...plus it's mobile so we can pull it to whever we're working cows.
 

gcreekrch

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Shortgrass said:
I like OB wire at the base of the horn, but always bleeds some for me anyway. I must pull the wire too slow. It looks to me like the claw hammer is working pretty good. Do you just apply pressure with the claw? I usually have a hot iron available to sear, but the claw may be less painful. The tubing idea sound good also--how long do you leave it on?

About 2 days. You can use plastic baler twine also. Make a loop over the horns and leave a tail about 18" long. The tail should be centered on the forehead and then make a couple of wraps around both strings front and back. Pull TIGHT and tie off with a couple of half hitches. The only problem is you have to leave a bit of horn to hold the string. Shouldn't have any leakage to speak of.
I have done this lots to all ages of cattle. Bred cows with horns are nearly always $100 cheaper than those without. We've done allright fixing other peoples mistakes. :wink:
 
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gcreekrch said:
Surgical tubing tied in a figure 8 around the horn bases stops the bleeding completely. I'm with Soap on this one, if you're going to take them off take the whole horn.
Our vet showed me how to freeze horns last fall. Once the Duracaine sets in I'm quite sure you could cut the whole head off and they would just stand there. :D

The very best way is to burn them off when they are calves.


No- the best way is to have the bulls remove them...My horn irons are getting rusty- and I'm enjoying it :wink: :lol:
 

gcreekrch

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Oldtimer said:
gcreekrch said:
Surgical tubing tied in a figure 8 around the horn bases stops the bleeding completely. I'm with Soap on this one, if you're going to take them off take the whole horn.
Our vet showed me how to freeze horns last fall. Once the Duracaine sets in I'm quite sure you could cut the whole head off and they would just stand there. :D

The very best way is to burn them off when they are calves.


No- the best way is to have the bulls remove them...My horn irons are getting rusty- and I'm enjoying it :wink: :lol:

Agreed.......as long as they aren't PH......I'm in trouble now. :roll:
We have been using Angus influence for bulls for a long time and still have some horns to deal with from the cow side of genetics. That was the reasoning behind my comment. :wink:
 

Shortgrass

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You comment about Angus influence removing horns reminds me of a funny story from my school days. My cousin's teacher was a city guy that was a wannabe. People would have taught him a lot, but he had a "I know it already" attitude. He told the class of helping a well known Angus purebred operation with their spring branding. He said his job had been the dehorner. My cousin says "yeah, and I spent the weekend pumping up tires on a freight train!" The class had a good laugh.
 

WyomingRancher

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That alleyway looks like the same kind my vet hauls around. It funnels two head in at a time, and then narrows to single-file. It works great :D .

I missed some horns at branding too this year. We only have a handful of calves with horns, and so it's kind of bad when they get missed :roll: . They easily come off though when I vaccinate the calves in the fall :) .

I just gotta ask, how do you keep your dogs so clean? Two minutes in a corral working cattle, and mine are coated in manure, mud or dust (except for Casey... she's perfect in every way :) ).

Thanks for the pictures!
 

Jassy

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I just gotta ask, how do you keep your dogs so clean? Two minutes in a corral working cattle, and mine are coated in manure, mud or dust (except for Casey... she's perfect in every way :) ).

Thanks for the pictures![/quote]

We hadn't started yet..lol We don't get mud in the this sand,,but they do get plenty of other stuff flung on them...lol
 

Jassy

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Dang I didn't even notice the other dog "Ginger"...She was in the back of the pickup on the other side of the chute...lol Guess I'd better pay attention to detail next time I post something or our "eagle eye" Lilly might find something that shouldn't be there...lol Nuttin gets by her!!!lol :wink:
 
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