About a week ago though I noticed scurs coming up in our 8 week old who we wethered yesterday. Now they are in 3 places, about 1/2 inch tall and pretty thin (so they are kind of sharp). What should I do? I'm concerned about him hurting someone else when headbutting. Do I have him re-burned by the vet? (I'm doing the burning next year)! cut them myself somehow (how?)? Any ideas.… Thanks, Ralph
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It is really up to you. You can just trim them with your hoof trimmers so that they are blunt edged, or you can reburn, or you can ignore them. I've done the latter unless it looked like a scur was curling around and going to grow into the goat's skull.