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Weanling to be Skulled

  • 09-09-2011 5:05pm
    #1
    reps4
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭


    Hi,

    1 stub has grown on a weanling after he was dehorned. its too big to be allowed into mart.

    will get vet to remove but would like to know how long before he will be fit to sell after removing it.

    had vet out testing 2 wks ago but said weather was too dodgy and could get infected.. (maybe he 'saw' there'd be another 50€ on a handy call out!)


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  • #2
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    reps4 wrote: »
    had vet out testing 2 wks ago but said weather was too dodgy and could get infected.. (maybe he 'saw' there'd be another 50€ on a handy call out!)

    Maybe not.

    The traditional times for skulling have always been "between the frost and the flies" (April/May) and "between the flies and the frost" (October).

    LC


  • #3
    whelan1
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    flies where very bad this last few weeks


  • #4
    moy83
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    we got maggots in a heifer after dehorning about a month ago . We will never do it again the weight fell off her for a few weeks she still hasnt come back as good as she was before dehorning .


  • #5
    LostCovey
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    moy83 wrote: »
    we got maggots in a heifer after dehorning about a month ago . We will never do it again the weight fell off her for a few weeks she still hasnt come back as good as she was before dehorning .

    Some old traditions have a really solid basis.

    Some are just old traditions!

    LC


  • #6
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Between frost and flies is a tradition i wish we stuck with . I didnt think the weather was too bad for flies at the time .We dehorned five at the time and she was the only one that got maggots . It was one too many and wont happen again


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  • #7
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    LostCovey wrote: »
    Maybe not.

    The traditional times for skulling have always been "between the frost and the flies" (April/May) and "between the flies and the frost" (October).

    LC

    The oul lad always had it that it was safe so long as there was an R in the month. Would cold frosty weather do harm? Better without it I suppose. Flies are the real one to watch for alright.


  • #8
    LostCovey
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    Muckit wrote: »
    The oul lad always had it that it was safe so long as there was an R in the month. Would cold frosty weather do harm? Better without it I suppose. Flies are the real one to watch for alright.

    I often wondered how much harm our usual frost would be to skulled cattle.

    However I think those sayings come from an era where winters like last one were more common.

    If you skull in winter they are usually inside anyway, with dirty walls etc to add another complication to open wounds.

    LC


  • #9
    Grecco
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    Did anyone use that blue fly spray stuff, is it any good?


  • #10
    kenny d
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭kenny d


    If as the op says it is only a stub then surely a few minutes with a length of cheese wire will do the trick and no ensuing dramas ?


  • #11
    whelan1
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    Grecco wrote: »
    Did anyone use that blue fly spray stuff, is it any good?
    we use stockholm tar and spot on ...still had a cow with summer mastitis though:mad:


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  • #12
    Grecco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Grecco


    whelan1 wrote: »
    we use stockholm tar and spot on ...still had a cow with summer mastitis though:mad:

    Whelan are you on about using it after debudding?


  • #13
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Grecco wrote: »
    Whelan are you on about using it after debudding?
    no this is for cows... i would put the fly pour on on any i dis bud at this time of year, or rub a bit of tar on them


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