Re: Steer Horns

Posted by Nebraska Cowman on November 07, 2003 at 05:02:09 from (65.172.143.100):

In Reply to: Steer Horns posted by Ted on November 07, 2003 at 04:49:48:

A cold day will help the blood to clot faster. Take the horns off close to the head, I think the old rule was to take ½ inch of hair. do you have a good place to catch the critter? I've done lots of them with a rope halter and a hacksaw. Some tricks to stop bleeding. Pull arteries with forceps; singe arteries with a hot iron. There is a comercial blood stop powder that you can buy but I find plain old barn cobwebs work just as well. A real hard case can be helped by tying a balertwine around the base of both horns. I have never had one bleed to death yet. If they loose enough blood then the pressure goes down and it clots naturally I think. Feeding clover hay before dehorning is a no no as it is an anticlotting agent. Good luck.

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