Showing posts with label horns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horns. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Disbudding Our Baby Goats

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When one of our goats named Agnes was born, time got away from us and we didn't de-horn (disbud) her.  Never again!  We vowed never to m...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Farewell to Billy Boy

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Billy Boy is a Devon bull.  He's got a heart emblem on his right shoulder (see below photo) and that is appropriate, because that's ...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

The Time That the Goats Don't Like

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At about 10 days old should be a happy time being a baby goat, right?  The kids are so cute.  Long ears.  Spotted coat.  They run around jum...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Antlers of Ridicule and Scorn

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Well, the other afternoon, we heard a familiar sound.  A goat was crying.  We knew exactly what had happened.  It is not the first time it h...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Dehorning Rosie's Little Bull

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At about 10 days after a baby calf is born, it is time to dehorn it.  Is it necessary?  Well, not really, but for safety, we like to dehorn ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

De-Horning Rosie's Little Bull Calf

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We're not big on having horns on any animals on our little farm - cows or goats.  While they are young we de-horn them.  Sometimes we do...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Time to Remove the Horns from the Triplets

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Our little Nubian triplets are 4 weeks old and their little horn buds are coming in.  It is high time to do something about it.  Some...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Cut off the Horns of the Wicked

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Psalm 75:10 (KJV)   All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. A commentary tell...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Cutting off Horns

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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;  but  the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.  Psalm 75:10 Back in November we pos...
Monday, January 13, 2014

The Mailman Delivered

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Subtitled: Removing Annie's Horns I received a couple of packages in the mail the other day that I had been anticipating and was excit...