Okay, both of my bucks have scurs and I would love to not have to deal with them as often as I do since they do grow towards their heads. I heard that some people band them using the green castration bands. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I recently have added a little guy (Nigerian) to my farm and the lady that I got him from came over and banded his horns. She said within a few weeks they would come off. They both came off yesterday, as in the outer shell came off and now I have two bloody points almost as long as the original...

Does anyone have experience using an elastrator to de-horn? we were going to trade our young bucklings/soon-to-be-wethers to someone who has now changed their minds. We did not disbud them because they wanted them to have horns, and now that it looks as though we are keeping them. I DO NOT...