OUCH cows horn broke off

[bigmudder77]

ya so my cow some how got his horn stuck on my feeding trailer that i have been using for years and many cows with horns have used it and he is the first to get it stuck well it ripped off the outer layer of his horn and now its bleeding cause he is stupid and starts fights with the other one he cant win any more

what should i do?

cant move him out of the pen cause there is nothing else that will hold him in

not gonna build a building for him as that would be too much money and time to build

i locked him in the building they share and sprayed the crap out of it with wound spray and that helped but he wasnt bleeding much then he went out and head butted the other one and it started bleeding again bad

he wont let me get close enough to touch it and hardly close enough to spray it

thinking about getting that blood stop powder and trying to throw that on it and spraying it down first with the wound spray

sound like a good plan or has any one else had this happen and found some thing better? remember i cant touch it or even get that close to it he freaks out and is like 1500lbs and a little building who do you think will win? NOT ME OR THE BUILDING

[sammyd]

If you use the powder, just use the powder.

Get him in a headlock and use a horn burner to cauterize the bleeders.

[Ronney]

I'm a bit confused. Has he lost the complete horn i.e. it has broken off at head level, or has he just lost the outer caseing but still has the horn?
If he has just lost the outer caseing it will be exuding a bloody, yellowy serum looking stuff that will drip for several days before starting to dry off and will heal on it's own. I suspect from watching my own cows, that it might be quite sore and cows being cows, they tend to stay well clear of the others until it starts to heal. Your chap is probably getting agro with it and hasn't the brains to work out that head buttings are going to make it hurt even more.

I've had a few cows that have either lost the outer caseing or lost the horn completely at head level and I leave them alone. They all bled off and on for a few days, particularly if the weather was warm, but they all healed without me poking at them and all grew new horn. My advice would be to leave it alone but keep a watch on it.

Cheers,
Ronnie

[Jennifer L.]

Just leave it alone. It will be fine after awhile. It will heal the way it is.

Jennifer

[bigmudder77]

well its just the outer shell that broke off he got it stuck in the round bale feeding trailer and then must of freaked out and it came off

but ya the reason i put the wound spray on it is cause we have flys and there starting to get bad and i didnt want maggets in there cause then you have a heck of a time getting them out of there

[michiganfarmer]

Originally Posted by Jennifer L.

Just leave it alone. It will be fine after awhile. It will heal the way it is.

Jennifer

that is what we would do