Cutting your goats hooves?

[TheDuckCrew]

Well horses have farriers, so would a farrier be able to cut a goat's hoof? i just found something telling you how to do it yourself, but i would be terrified i would hurt the goat. obviously i'm just starting out researching goats and i just want to know some about hoof trimming.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

We do it ourselves, but a farrier could do it if they just will.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

how would you do it yourself? i'd be afraid of doing it wrong and crippling the goat.

i guess if i had good instructions i could do it, plus good tools

 

[FrenchHen]

IT's not hard, if you know someone else who has goats, they can show you.
Kinda like trimming fingernails, it's really not difficult.
If they bleed a bit, you can nail it with styptic powder and they'll survive.

 

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B. Saffles Farms :

We do it ourselves, but a farrier could do it if they just will.

yup​

 

[key west chick]

We just did my 5 nigis yesterday.The hardest part for us is keeping them still without a table to put them on. Buy the nicest clippers you can afford, cheap ones will dull faster.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

okay. thanks everyone. researching goats because i'm PRAYING i can get some. looking up good sized sheds, fences, etc. i have to pay for everything, so looking for every detail

 

[kinnip]

It's too easy to do to pay someone else for it. You can buy goat hoof clippers from any good livestock supply website.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

The best way is buy good trimmers, and just take a little bit off at a time. You can always take more off, but once you take it off you cant put it back.

 

[FrenchHen]

we got ours from caprine supply's catalogue