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Disbudding

Posted by Susan Landoll on April 16, 2010 at 5:00pm in Goats 101
I know I read a few discussions on disbudding and now I can not find them, so again.
When is the best age to disbud a Nigerian? My buck is 11 days old now. Also, was the size of
the disbudding iron 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch.  I would appreciate any help in this area.
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  • Melissa Johnson April 9, 2011 at 12:13am
    I thought so, but just wanted to make sure.  when I got her home - i think he gave her too much anesthetic, cause she just kept sleeping - i woke her up after bout an hour.  in the meantime, I tattooed her ears - and the first one went awesome - she was sleeping right through it - i had her laying on the kitchen counter, then with the right ear it was just an awkward position - i tattooed through the web - and she hollered!  I almost retattooed but decided against it - i am going to register her, but thought unless i was going to show her - it wouldnt matter anyway??  he was so nice - I asked about how long she would be sleeping and he thought she would be awake 5 min. later on the way home - not..... anyway, i mentioned tattooing and he thought it was an awesome idea -he went and got his kit and talk about sanitary - everything was just thrown in a box - lol.  anyway, all he had was huge letters so probably saved me some money...... i was concerned about that.  anyway, he said if I had brought the kit and letters I could've tattooed right there.  keep that in mind. 

    Julia Johnson said:
    I noticed with lance that he has knots where horns would grow but never grow horns. Not sure why but polled goats will have knots on there heads. If he was going to get horns he would of got them by now
  • Julia Johnson April 8, 2011 at 7:10pm
    I noticed with lance that he has knots where horns would grow but never grow horns. Not sure why but polled goats will have knots on there heads. If he was going to get horns he would of got them by now
  • Melissa Johnson April 8, 2011 at 4:04pm
    speaking of polled - today 4/8/ the kids are 3 weeks old today.  I noticed Sammy has two giraffe like knots on his head.  where horns would be - they arent horns are they?  there is not point it is bout the diameter of the tip of my little finger i would say it is a hard circle place, but no points. ??  his sister was disbudded monday. 

    Melissa Johnson said:


    I will check, I was feeling his head last night - it is white, "pig pink" ^^ skin - and it feels smooth as an egg.  I will check this a.m. thanks!!

    LOL, I thought that was Deborah!!  I thought she must have left out some words in her typing - "when I was over"  LOL.
    Julia Johnson said:

    melissa check the boys head today if he does not have a bump there he is most likely polled. When I was over his head felt very smooth. Bucks tend to get bumps very quickly. Let me know if he is polled
  • Kare April 8, 2011 at 12:24am
    We are in Montana - Big Sky Country =)
  • Melissa Johnson April 7, 2011 at 9:37pm
    you are mud wompin' too?  somehow, even that doesnt make me feel better.  Willamette Valley, OR - we have that 2 month summer also -(, then rain, then rain and mud, then more rain and deeper mud............. sigh.

    Kare at Chaverah Farm said:

    Yes, April is our biggest month for snow, and this year has been our biggest snow year in 20 years.   Usually it doesn't accumulate much though, just snows and melts.  We have four seasons:

    Summer for the month of July and maybe August, then almost winter, then winter, then mud =)  Boy oh boy, do we enjoy that summer weather!!!

  • Ruth Goode April 7, 2011 at 7:55pm
     Where are you? It was upper 60's today and sunny at my house...
  • Kare April 7, 2011 at 6:12pm

    Yes, April is our biggest month for snow, and this year has been our biggest snow year in 20 years.   Usually it doesn't accumulate much though, just snows and melts.  We have four seasons:

    Summer for the month of July and maybe August, then almost winter, then winter, then mud =)  Boy oh boy, do we enjoy that summer weather!!!

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle April 7, 2011 at 5:59pm
    Snow??? I guess I should stop complaining about the rain here and go do chores now.

    Kare at Chaverah Farm said:

    No pus and not stinky, just pink. =)  It's snowing, so I might wait on the pic =)

     

    Thank you!

  • Kare April 7, 2011 at 5:53pm

    No pus and not stinky, just pink. =)  It's snowing, so I might wait on the pic =)

     

    Thank you!

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle April 7, 2011 at 5:48pm
    Sounds normal. The scab falls off after about four weeks, and the skin is pink underneath. Is there pus? Is it stinky? You can also post a picture, if you like.

    Kare at Chaverah Farm said:
    It's possible.  There is no little point in the middle like there was before.  So then it's normal?  Should I take a picture and put it on here?


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