Posted by Jan on March 7, 2011 at 1:45pm in Kidding
I am going to purchase a disbudding iron in the next couple of days. I remember Deborah mentioned a #30 iron I think, with a regular tip. Can you help me out on this?
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Everyone I know who has used it has had bad scurs. You can even get scurs on the bucks with the larger tip unless you do a larger burn than the tip. (Some say a figure 8, but it's really just two overlapping burns.) It might be okay for does at that age, but we use the larger tip on bucks at 5-7 days and still get some scurs.
susan mentze said:
I am about to disbud our 3 kids age 5 and 7 days.. I bought the Rhinehart x30 from hoegger, but i bought the small nigerian tip. It will take me too long to get a purchase delivered from hoegger out here in Northern Cal, so I'm hoping the tip will work fine! The buds have not broken the skin yet, I'm hoping this will be a plus. Has anyone used the smaller tip with success?
I am about to disbud our 3 kids age 5 and 7 days.. I bought the Rhinehart x30 from hoegger, but i bought the small nigerian tip. It will take me too long to get a purchase delivered from hoegger out here in Northern Cal, so I'm hoping the tip will work fine! The buds have not broken the skin yet, I'm hoping this will be a plus. Has anyone used the smaller tip with success?
I also recently purchased the x30 and disbudded our 3 kids. I practiced on a board a few times and then did it for real. It worked really well. I got a nice solid copper ring around each bud in two 5 second sperts I was done.
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Everyone I know who has used it has had bad scurs. You can even get scurs on the bucks with the larger tip unless you do a larger burn than the tip. (Some say a figure 8, but it's really just two overlapping burns.) It might be okay for does at that age, but we use the larger tip on bucks at 5-7 days and still get some scurs.
susan mentze said:
I am about to disbud our 3 kids age 5 and 7 days.. I bought the Rhinehart x30 from hoegger, but i bought the small nigerian tip. It will take me too long to get a purchase delivered from hoegger out here in Northern Cal, so I'm hoping the tip will work fine! The buds have not broken the skin yet, I'm hoping this will be a plus. Has anyone used the smaller tip with success?
Lisa, from past threads I have noted that most use 1/2" on their nigerians. I have the Rhinehart x30 also and it came standard with the 1/2" tip.
What tip size do you use on Nigerian Dwarf goats? the Rhinehart x30 has 1/4", 3/8", or 1/2".
Thanks, Deborah,
I will order in the morning.
I use a Rhinehart X30. My aunt gave it to me when she got out of goats (she had meat goats). I use the regular tip as well.
This is a photo of it:
http://www.hoeggergoatsupply.com/xcart/product.php?productid=4195