Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:46 pm
I have bought a heifer last year that looks as thogh she has been dehorned althogh it is such a good job she could be polled although she doesnt have the shape of a polled crown.Also on the pedigree certificate it does not state polled.
Her father is polled.Her mother is not.
She now has a nice little short black 2 month old heifer calf that really ought to be showing signs of horns but all i can feel is a slight bump,certainly not a smooth polled crown.Her father has been dehorned.
We dehorn all our cattle before they are 6 or 7 weeks old, all have had proper horn stumps to have a go at.
So.... is this heifer a slow developer or could she be scurred ( the technical word for only part horned,..i think)
Ideas please, thanks.
Mark
Her father is polled.Her mother is not.
She now has a nice little short black 2 month old heifer calf that really ought to be showing signs of horns but all i can feel is a slight bump,certainly not a smooth polled crown.Her father has been dehorned.
We dehorn all our cattle before they are 6 or 7 weeks old, all have had proper horn stumps to have a go at.
So.... is this heifer a slow developer or could she be scurred ( the technical word for only part horned,..i think)
Ideas please, thanks.
Mark