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How often a goats' hooves need trimmed, depends on several things including the individual goat and the surfaces they have access to. A good starting point is to trim their hooves every month and to get a feel for how fast your goats' hooves grow. You may be able to get away with them trimming every two months instead of one, again it just depends.
Usually, kids won't need their hooves trimmed until they are around eight weeks old - that's when I like to trim my kids' hooves.
There are many really great videos on YouTube about trimming goats' hooves and I would highly recommend watching a few of them. I found it to be very helpful to watch other people in videos trim hooves before I did on my goats for the first time.
It's also very helpful to secure a goat on a milking stand while trimming hooves. If you don't have one, then the job will be a lot easier with another person to help hold the goat.
Remember, you can always cut more off but you can never put more back on.
Some people like to use a rasp on the hoof after trimming to help level it out more, but I've never used one.
I was pretty nervous about trimming hooves for the first time, but it really isn't bad at all. I honestly kind of enjoy trimming hooves now - I find it satisfyingly. 🙂
Good luck! I hope this helps!
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How often a goats' hooves need trimmed, depends on several things including the individual goat and the surfaces they have access to. A good starting point is to trim their hooves every month and to get a feel for how fast your goats' hooves grow. You may be able to get away with them trimming every two months instead of one, again it just depends.
Usually, kids won't need their hooves trimmed until they are around eight weeks old - that's when I like to trim my kids' hooves.
There are many really great videos on YouTube about trimming goats' hooves and I would highly recommend watching a few of them. I found it to be very helpful to watch other people in videos trim hooves before I did on my goats for the first time.
It's also very helpful to secure a goat on a milking stand while trimming hooves. If you don't have one, then the job will be a lot easier with another person to help hold the goat.
Remember, you can always cut more off but you can never put more back on.
Some people like to use a rasp on the hoof after trimming to help level it out more, but I've never used one.
I was pretty nervous about trimming hooves for the first time, but it really isn't bad at all. I honestly kind of enjoy trimming hooves now - I find it satisfyingly. 🙂
Good luck! I hope this helps!
