Best dehorning Crate

Lime Tree Farm · 13-01-2021 09:11PM

K.G. wrote: »

I think crates are too slow.back them into the corner andwith your back to them put legand hip up against them rising their front legs off the ground.thenput your arm around their head and onto their nose and pull their nose back and under them and use other hand to work dehorner .this gives you control and the horns easy to get at.

unless they are under 2 weeks age, you couldn't inject them with adrenacaine using that method.

Limestone Cowboy · 13-01-2021 10:05PM

K.G. wrote: »

I think crates are too slow.back them into the corner andwith your back to them put legand hip up against them rising their front legs off the ground.thenput your arm around their head and onto their nose and pull their nose back and under them and use other hand to work dehorner .this gives you control and the horns easy to get at.

Oh man, we were at that horsing here for years, wresting calves, making them wild, getting the ****e kicked out of yourself and covered in it at the same time. Would make you fine and strong alright but something I won't be returning to all the same.

893bet · 13-01-2021 10:28PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

wresting calves, making them wild,.

A key point. That type of activity (which we currently do) is not good for fostering trust from a young age. Makes the whole thing an ordeal that is hard on man and beast.

patsy_mccabe · 13-01-2021 10:37PM

I've a short lifting strap here, about 4 foot long. It has a loop at each end. I loop it at one end and throw it over the calves head. Great to get them in the crate.

K.G. · 13-01-2021 10:55PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Oh man, we were at that horsing here for years, wresting calves, making them wild, getting the ****e kicked out of yourself and covered in it at the same time. Would make you fine and strong alright but something I won't be returning to all the same.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

You've never dehorned a lim bull that way. That's for sure. I was grabbing one here once and he literally ran up the wall. His back legs were about 18 inches off the ground.

You can say that again and never will.i do a few for a neighbour every year and every time i leave the yard i say suckers should be banned

Tig98 · 13-01-2021 11:20PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Oh man, we were at that horsing here for years, wresting calves, making them wild, getting the ****e kicked out of yourself and covered in it at the same time. Would make you fine and strong alright but something I won't be returning to all the same.

Same here
Theres enough pulling and dragging as it is, least you can do for yourself is get some good equipment to take the strain off you

Johnchaff · 14-01-2021 12:11AM

Ya I know I don't want to know about how anyone else does it without a crate i want to know what everyone thinks the best crate is pros and cons of each one

Grueller · 14-01-2021 01:30AM

Halter, front legs off the ground, tied to a bar of the crush. The auld lad cursing and me getting kicked assunder is the way it was always done here. I had 14 calves to do in December and borrowed a neighbour's condon to do them. Never going back to the old way.

Auto correct tried to turn "borrowed a neighbour's condon" into "borrowed a neighbour's condom". That's reason enough to buy your own new one, borrowing a condom that your neighbour had already used would be going a little bit too far.

Lime Tree Farm · 14-01-2021 10:13AM

Grueller wrote: »

Halter, front legs off the ground, tied to a bar of the crush. The auld lad cursing and me getting kicked assunder is the way it was always done here. I had 14 calves to do in December and borrowed a neighbour's condon to do them. Never going back to the old way.

Auto correct tried to turn "borrowed a neighbour's condon" into "borrowed a neighbour's condom". That's reason enough to buy your own new one, borrowing a condom that your neighbour had already used would be going a little bit too far.

What to expect when the title of the thread is dehorning.

Dunedin · 14-01-2021 01:50PM

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

What to expect when the title of the thread is dehorning.

A neighbours condom would dehorn most fellas even those over 5 weeks.....

westlander · 15-01-2021 09:33PM

Anyone got the O’Neill’s?
Nice and handy to carry and hook it onto a gate or a crush pipe.
Only issue is if the calf goes down but there is a quick release underneath the strap plate:

https://www.oneilleng.ie/index.php/product/oneill-calf-sheep-staller/

charolais0153 · 16-01-2021 02:28AM

westlander wrote: »

Anyone got the O’Neill’s?
Nice and handy to carry and hook it onto a gate or a crush pipe.
Only issue is if the calf goes down but there is a quick release underneath the strap plate:

https://www.oneilleng.ie/index.php/product/oneill-calf-sheep-staller/

First calf that was put in it pulled it off the gate , not fit for sucklers

Gudstock · 16-01-2021 01:07PM

Some of our calves could be 4 weeks plus and have no buds showing. What would you say that the max age is for a suckler calf to fit in the Condon crate?

Anyone have experience or thoughts on these ones:

https://www.nbe.ie/product/calf-dehorning-cate-standard/

https://www.odonovaneng.ie/product/dehorning-crate/

http://www.d1086930.cp.blacknight.com/osmonds.ie/index.php/products/categories/animal-handling/product/147-osmonds-calf-dehorning-crate

https://www.teemoreengineering.com/crushes-handling/dehorning-crate.php

50HX · 16-01-2021 08:09PM

westlander wrote: »

Anyone got the O’Neill’s?
Nice and handy to carry and hook it onto a gate or a crush pipe.
Only issue is if the calf goes down but there is a quick release underneath the strap plate:

https://www.oneilleng.ie/index.php/product/oneill-calf-sheep-staller/

And in my experience down they will go:D

whelan2 · 16-01-2021 08:24PM

Our hoof pairing man does dehorning too. Has 2 our 3 crates depending on what size calves he will be doing. He uses the gas dehorner and has them done in the time we would be setting up the stuff. Anytime we did them ourselves it always ends up in a row :rolleyes:

ABitofsense · 01-04-2021 08:49PM

First time using the condon crate today. The strap to hold the head is useless so I'll need to design something better.
Other thing is it's designed for big calves. I had 2x small 7-10 day old ZAG calves & nightmare to do them. The bigger calves were perfect in it though & work well (except the strap)

Lime Tree Farm · 01-04-2021 09:16PM

ABitofsense wrote: »

First time using the condon crate today. The strap to hold the head is useless so I'll need to design something better.
Other thing is it's designed for big calves. I had 2x small 7-10 day old ZAG calves & nightmare to do them. The bigger calves were perfect in it though & work well (except the strap)

I replaced the strap with a length of safety belt from a scrap car. Much more comfortable and secure about the calf's nose.

Count Mondego · 01-04-2021 09:27PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

First calf that was put in it pulled it off the gate , not fit for sucklers

I don't agree. I have one for the last six year and it's a great job. I do Limousin suckers up to six or seven weeks old in it. Have it hanging on the outside of the crush bars, near a corner so you haven't far to bring them into it.

Gudstock · 02-04-2021 12:01AM

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

I replaced the strap with a length of safety belt from a scrap car. Much more comfortable and secure about the calf's nose.

Can you post a pic of it please?

Lime Tree Farm · 02-04-2021 08:38AM

Gudstock wrote: »

Can you post a pic of it please?

I did post a pic, post no 24 on this thread, 9 Jan 21

ABitofsense · 02-04-2021 06:33PM

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Attachment not found.

Pic of the replacement noseband

A length of safety belt was used, its anchor tongue secures it to dehorning crate. The other end of the belt is tied off on the right hand side of the crate.

I'm going to try set something like this up. Are you just tying it to keep it in place?

Sami23 · 06-04-2021 04:04PM

How old on average do ye normally dehorn calves at say out of LMX suckler cows.
Would they want to be 2 weeks old anyway so there would be a bit of a horn present.
I know it varies with the cows and bulls playing a part too in how young the horns develope

Dunedin · 06-04-2021 06:35PM

Sami23 wrote: »

How old on average do ye normally dehorn calves at say out of LMX suckler cows.
Would they want to be 2 weeks old anyway so there would be a bit of a horn present.
I know it varies with the cows and bulls playing a part too in how young the horns develope

LMx here and all are done on average about 5 days old. Very rare to go over the week.