Ugh I wish I had seen this before I did this for the first time last week!! 🤬 My dehorning iron got so hot it lit their hair on fire before it even got close enough to touch them. Is that normal? I also didn’t ever even see the little buds. I absolutely blew it. What blew my mind too, was that within 2 minutes of doing the job, it was as though the kids had completely forgotten that I had just torched their heads!
Even baby goats are tough and have short memories. It does not seem to phase them. If hair caught on fire before you touched them it might be a bit hot.
Thank you for this video! I have my first Nigerian dwarf kids due next week, and this video has been the most thorough on proper disbudding. Thank you so much!
Do not give up hope that you will have a successful disbudding. Sometimes the bronze ring works. Especially on easy breeds and doelings. Just if you want to make sure it works especially on bucklings it takes a little more aggressive actions.
So I had a goat disbudded recently and she has some clear yellowish color weeping very mild on one side just curious if that’s normal first time having a goat that got disbudded by a professional at 6days old so no experience and the internet is no help 🤦🏻♀️
I would say that is a bit late. I try to do my goats at about 7 days. The adult goats I bought that had horns on them I put elastrator bands on the horns. Fell off in 7 weeks. I do have a video on that as well.
Hi. What size x30 did you do have? From what i see there's a 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch pygmy size. I have nigerian dwarf goats. What size should i be using?
The one I own is 1/2 inch. I use it on my Nigerian dwarfs as well as my larger animals. If you knew you were not going to get larger animals the 3/8 is probably the prescribed size. I have not personally seen them as small as 1/4.
Should be the same. Before I got good at it I had an veteran goat farmer show me pointers to improve. He had a different breed but basically did it the way I am doing it now.
I’m having my two babies done on Thursday. I’m concerned that they are too old. They are 5 weeks old. The breeder told me they will be fine. The guy that does her babies prefers them to have a bit of horn growth before he does them. I can only trust what she says. She’s been doing this awhile now and all her goats look great. I’m still very nervous and prey everything will be okay🫣😔
I hope it goes well. There is more than one way to do things. My experience has shown early and aggressive is best. Hope all goes well for you. If they have a lot of experience they should get it done.
Thank you! I needed a time line and couldn't find one. I appreciate you mentioning it. My newest baby is 10 days old and I'm still waiting for my disbudded to come in. I might still chance it.
Right now I'd have to pay someone else to do it because I'd be afraid of burning too far down and killing them. I guess after a while you get the hang of it.
There were 3 both on the 8 the we wanted to do a couple days ago. The buckling did great, not even a peep. We decided to order a pygmy iron for the doelings since they were so small. Shave the area, hold the iron for 5 seconds, pull off the cap. Burn again 5 seconds then mark with an x. We sprayed the area with Alushield or blue or redkoat work great too
I hate disbudding, but my kids want to show goat and at least for their age range the goats are required to be disbudded or dehorned. I keep watching these videos and i think i'm at the point that i rather pay someone else to do it, i don't think I can. I've thought about using the paste but i have people telling me horror stories using disbudding paste.
At least you're honest. It's so disingenuous to claim pushing a 900 degree iron into a baby goats flesh/skull is not painful. The justification or explanation I hear the most is "whats hurting them is being restrained". I understand they are prey animals, but those screams are wildly different. And you keep the sound on. As a tutorial video, it's dangerous not to be ready for everything you might encounter during the procedure, and muting the goats reaction, as horrible as it is, hearing those screams for the first time could cause injury to both person and kid.
Ok...soooo....you could at least give it medicine to numb the area!!! Geeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz Your performing surgery!!!!!!!!!! Omggggggggggggggggggggggggg That's gotta hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately he said he hired a vet and she didn’t do it properly. Anesthesia is also very hard on a goat and most don’t survive being under it. For a minutes worth of work it isn’t worth the risk of loosing the goat
Thank you for your honesty.
Ugh I wish I had seen this before I did this for the first time last week!! 🤬 My dehorning iron got so hot it lit their hair on fire before it even got close enough to touch them. Is that normal? I also didn’t ever even see the little buds. I absolutely blew it. What blew my mind too, was that within 2 minutes of doing the job, it was as though the kids had completely forgotten that I had just torched their heads!
Even baby goats are tough and have short memories. It does not seem to phase them. If hair caught on fire before you touched them it might be a bit hot.
Thank you for this video! I have my first Nigerian dwarf kids due next week, and this video has been the most thorough on proper disbudding. Thank you so much!
Thank you. I just got real comfortable with my disbudding today. Now I realize I did not get the bud off. 🤕
Do not give up hope that you will have a successful disbudding. Sometimes the bronze ring works. Especially on easy breeds and doelings. Just if you want to make sure it works especially on bucklings it takes a little more aggressive actions.
Ugh how do you know for sure if you got it done 100%. I ended up with scurs my first time so obviously I didn’t get deep enough.
So I had a goat disbudded recently and she has some clear yellowish color weeping very mild on one side just curious if that’s normal first time having a goat that got disbudded by a professional at 6days old so no experience and the internet is no help 🤦🏻♀️
I do not typically get any oozing or weeping. I would not be to worried at this point. An antibiotic cream rubbed on wouldn’t hurt
Is it ever too late to do this? I just got a pair of boys. And their horn is a otu 2 inches
I would say that is a bit late. I try to do my goats at about 7 days. The adult goats I bought that had horns on them I put elastrator bands on the horns. Fell off in 7 weeks. I do have a video on that as well.
Hi. What size x30 did you do have? From what i see there's a 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch pygmy size. I have nigerian dwarf goats. What size should i be using?
The one I own is 1/2 inch. I use it on my Nigerian dwarfs as well as my larger animals. If you knew you were not going to get larger animals the 3/8 is probably the prescribed size. I have not personally seen them as small as 1/4.
We have 2 baby nubians 1 male and 1 female a week old, do you know if there’s a difference in disbudding nubians and Nigerians?
Should be the same. Before I got good at it I had an veteran goat farmer show me pointers to improve. He had a different breed but basically did it the way I am doing it now.
how did the goat do later? any horn regrowth ?
All goats disbudded this spring healed up nicely and no regrowth
I’m having my two babies done on Thursday. I’m concerned that they are too old. They are 5 weeks old. The breeder told me they will be fine. The guy that does her babies prefers them to have a bit of horn growth before he does them. I can only trust what she says. She’s been doing this awhile now and all her goats look great. I’m still very nervous and prey everything will be okay🫣😔
I hope it goes well. There is more than one way to do things. My experience has shown early and aggressive is best. Hope all goes well for you. If they have a lot of experience they should get it done.
Thank you! I needed a time line and couldn't find one. I appreciate you mentioning it. My newest baby is 10 days old and I'm still waiting for my disbudded to come in. I might still chance it.
You can still get it done. Just easier when done earlier.
My goat scream at literally a empty bucket 🪣 when I'm around so I'm numb to goats screaming.
I only dehorn the ones for show goats. Others need the horns for protection 😊
GREAT VIDEO VERY EDUCATIONAL
Right now I'd have to pay someone else to do it because I'd be afraid of burning too far down and killing them. I guess after a while you get the hang of it.
It is nerve racking the first couple times
There were 3 both on the 8 the we wanted to do a couple days ago. The buckling did great, not even a peep. We decided to order a pygmy iron for the doelings since they were so small.
Shave the area, hold the iron for 5 seconds, pull off the cap. Burn again 5 seconds then mark with an x. We sprayed the area with Alushield or blue or redkoat work great too
I hate disbudding, but my kids want to show goat and at least for their age range the goats are required to be disbudded or dehorned.
I keep watching these videos and i think i'm at the point that i rather pay someone else to do it, i don't think I can. I've thought about using the paste but i have people telling me horror stories using disbudding paste.
It is not fun.
I’m just doing mine for the first time..I cried like a baby after. It’s horrible!
It’s not fun, but if you cried after it was over you were probably crying longer than your goat.
@@FlanaganHomestead very true lol
It’s got to happen
The baby goat shouting mum mum
At least you're honest. It's so disingenuous to claim pushing a 900 degree iron into a baby goats flesh/skull is not painful. The justification or explanation I hear the most is "whats hurting them is being restrained". I understand they are prey animals, but those screams are wildly different. And you keep the sound on. As a tutorial video, it's dangerous not to be ready for everything you might encounter during the procedure, and muting the goats reaction, as horrible as it is, hearing those screams for the first time could cause injury to both person and kid.
Thank you some times the truth is not pretty. But it should not be hidden.
goats scream at anything
Thank you. Yes they can get loud. My herd is usually fairly quiet though.
Noice
Ok...soooo....you could at least give it medicine to numb the area!!! Geeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Your performing surgery!!!!!!!!!! Omggggggggggggggggggggggggg
That's gotta hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about using Aesthetic. This is just cruelty
I should disball these men with using the same tool and no anesthia. Absolutely disgusting they should've hired a vet.
Ur so violent
Unfortunately he said he hired a vet and she didn’t do it properly. Anesthesia is also very hard on a goat and most don’t survive being under it. For a minutes worth of work it isn’t worth the risk of loosing the goat
The vets do it the same way..duh