De-horn at birth or wait ?

[robin walker]

I normally dehorn the first few days but i know other breeders wait until the horn has grown some , this they claim allows the head to broaden thus giving a better shape . I understand what is being said but is this the done thing or just causing extended stress ?.
Robin Walker

[Mark Bowles]

I usually dehorn and castrate at 4 to 6 weeks, i don't like leaving the dehorning any longer as it gets more difficult to do a good clean job. I hate to see a bad dehorning job, i think it devalues a breeding female or bull.

[Minnie]

We had one three weeks old but the vet said she needed to wait until he could do it properly and she was very small. So she was done at 6 weeks.

He's done ours between 1-8 weeks.


Vicki