The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Guess goats and chickens have a lot in common, my hens jump into treat trays .LOL


Castration bands :/   Hope that's not painful.  Gee, thought it was Christmas Decorated horns.

Guess pushy animals all around, the band's are a bit kinder than the alternative of sawing them off, they don't like them bumped during the process, I'm not sure there's a nice way of dehorning.

 

[sourland]

Castration bands

Hope that's not painful.

 

[scottcaddy]

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Sour, notice that the 'C' bands are applied to the base of the horn, not somewhere else

Scott

 

[N F C]

Those bands are no joke, just ask our former boy goat. And they weren't on his horns either. OUCH!

 

[scottcaddy]

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Back in my dairy days, we used dehorning paste on the calf's horn buds before they got any size to them. Has that product been had/banned by O S A H like so many others?
Scott

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Back in my dairy days, we used dehorning paste on the calf's horn buds before they got any size to them. Has that product been had/banned by O S A H like so many others?
Scott

I don't think it's been banned, it should be, such caustic chemicals, that needs to be applied when the kids are a few days old, same as the burning they do, I didn't get these until they were eight weeks old, so banding or sawing, they were banded for the original intention last year.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

I all! Hope everyone is having a great morning!

 

[N F C]

Morning to you! What's up with you today, are you all better?

We got our first breath of cool weather here today. I can't say cold because people laugh at me when I say 60* is chilly (but it is, really!). Funny, I let the chickens out to do their morning run around the garden play time, they stayed just long enough to eat a treat and then headed back into the run. They didn't want to stay outside because of the breeze. Chickeny chickens.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Morning to you! What's up with you today, are you all better?

We got our first breath of cool weather here today. I can't say cold because people laugh at me when I say 60* is chilly (but it is, really!). Funny, I let the chickens out to do their morning run around the garden play time, they stayed just long enough to eat a treat and then headed back into the run. They didn't want to stay outside because of the breeze. Chickeny chickens.

I'm all well now thank you . 60* is chilly!

That is a beautiful day to me

! I hope you and your chickeny chickens don't freeze to much

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[N F C]

Glad to hear you're all better