Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 20—This story was originally published in September of 2021. Goats can wreak havoc around the farm with their horns, breaking ...
If you’ve ever disbudded a goat kid and later noticed what looks like a tiny horn or a hard, twisted lump growing where the horn bud was, you’ve encountered one of the most frustrating side effects of ...
Goat kids are frequently disbudded in intensively farmed units to reduce the number of accidental injuries to other animals and farm workers due to horn growth. The most commonly used method is ...