Hoof clipping - Proud of myself

GoldenWood Farm · #1 09/26/06, 07:52 PM

I am so proud of myself! Well me and my mom

. We clipped up 21 goats hooves today! I did most of it as my mom is learning how to clip hooves so I had to go back and show her the finer points of things. I still have I think 5-6 goats left that need done but still most of the herd is DONE!

WAHOO! Now to take care of my aching back

. It only took us about 3 hours to do them all so all in all thats pretty good. GO US!!!!!

MotherClucker - AKA Goat Wrangler

mammawof3 · #2 09/27/06, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by MotherClucker

I am so proud of myself! Well me and my mom

. We clipped up 21 goats hooves today! I did most of it as my mom is learning how to clip hooves so I had to go back and show her the finer points of things. I still have I think 5-6 goats left that need done but still most of the herd is DONE!

WAHOO! Now to take care of my aching back

. It only took us about 3 hours to do them all so all in all thats pretty good. GO US!!!!!

MotherClucker - AKA Goat Wrangler

Did you say you wondered what Indiana looked like this time of year? There wouldn't be 21-so it wouldn't take you 3 hours!

Yes, be proud of the 2 of you!

topside1 · #3 09/27/06, 06:16 AM

What about the bucks? Did you save those stinky devils for last??? Great Job!!!!
Tennessee John

GoldenWood Farm · #4 09/27/06, 07:45 AM

Yep John bucks are last

. I did one boy down by the barn though and BOY where his front legs STICKY! Yucky yucky yuck!!! I hate to think about having to do my other boys also but hopefully they won't be to bad looking in the hoofs.

MotherClucker

Idahoe · #5 09/27/06, 08:12 AM

I drove past the goat farm where I bought my goats, and the Saanen buck Victor was CHAINED up by the road (normally in a nice pen with two wethers). DH exclaimed "what's that stuff all over his face and chest?" Then the smell hit us!

Victor is huge, and I worry about that poor old fella handling him. He was so sweet in June when we bought the goats, but he looked psychotic that day (the buck, not the old fella

).

Good luck doing your bucks and be VERY careful!!!

I'm doing my second hoof trimming this week, and since it's rained and made the ground wet, the hooves are SO much easier to trim.

GoldenWood Farm · #6 09/27/06, 05:27 PM

My bucks will hop on my milkstand and get their hooves trimmed. My guys are such gentlemen (unless I smell like a girl in heat then I am their girlfriend

). I just don't want to have to handle their sticky crusty legs

...YUCK!

I thank goodness my guys are easy going and gentle...if they where not they wouldn't be here or be used for breeding. I won't use a aggressive, hard to handle, scaredy cat buck for breeding(noticed it passes on to the babys and I HATE squirrly kids!)

MotherClucker

murphyjamie · #7 09/27/06, 09:48 PM

We tried something for the first time that a friend told us about. Use a pair of shears to get wall where it folds over, then we used a dremmel to smooth and get the pads. It was awesome, saves a ton of time. You have to try it.