She broke her horn!

[ScrumblyFarms]

It's broken, not clean off, but it was snapped about 3 inches down from the tip and about 4 inches from her head. It's crooked and bleeding, but not completely off. The blood is bright red, but isn't gushing.

I sprayed her with blue kote, but I didn't touch her horn. She has hair in the cracked part, and one of our other does has blood on her head so it looks like a fight (two new mamas)

I heard her baa weird earlier- must have been when it happened. She's acting fine otherwise. Will it fall off?

She was over a year old and not in very good shape when she came to us, so her horns have ridges on them and not very strong apparently (she was missing the tip of her other one when we got her)

[mpete]

You may need to take her to a vet if you can't do this yourself. If it is broken enough to be bleeding and crooked, then you need to cut the broken tip off. A horn will not grow back together up there like a bone.
Try applying direct pressure on it to stop the bleeding if it doesn't stop on its own.
Believe it or not, goats have nerves that go into the horns. You will probably need to cauterize them to deaden them. I have tried not to do that on a couple of goats, and they were VERY sensitive for weeks, lost condition. So after I burned them, they did great.
If the base is cracked, it will take time to mend, it will be sensitive for several weeks.
If she is in a lot of pain (grinding teeth, not eating well, standing off by herself, etc) you may need to give her some banamine.

[ScrumblyFarms]

Thanks, I'll talk to dh.. He'll be able to do this- I'm just too squeemish.
Goat babies? Good
Horns breaking? Hubby's job lol

[mpete]

LOL! Yep! I just sewed up a friend doeling with a nasty gore wound to her shoulder (I will post pics of what I did later). I'm pretty good with the blood and baby parts...
Keep us posted on how momma is doing..... oh, btw, give her a booster of her cd&t