My kids were disbudded at 1 week old by an experienced local farmer, and I felt very confident that they were done correctly, so didn't pay much attention to the burns since then--but now, at 3 1/2 weeks, I've noticed that all of them, even the doelings, who had barely discernable bumps at the time of disbudding, have a raised, hardened ridge all around the edge of the burn area. It's maybe 1/8 inch high on each of them. Are these scurs?
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OOOOOH. Of course it's a scab. That makes sense. Thanks, ladies.
I know when our goats where disbudded they got an almost "scab" around the burn site. It was raised like your describing. After a few more weeks that whole thing fell off to a smooth skin. I think this is how it heals the skin and regrows new under the burn site. I imagine it to be similar as to when we get a cut and as the new skin begins to grow the scabs start to raise and eventually falls off. Hope this makes since... I do not believe it is scurs :0)
If it really goes all the way around the whole area like a circle, I would say that it's just the scab-like thing that forms after disbudding. Once the scabs fall off, you should be able to tell if anything is growing.