[Jacob-list] Shearing off horns

[Stephanie Rutherford]

I know if you shear it off to a certain point you will never have anything
grow back, but I know as long as you leave some horn there they will grow
back. At my work there is a ram who has lost his horn 3 or 4 times after it
was trimmed many times, and he still has a 3-4 inch horn, he has averaged
about 2 inches a year in re-growth.

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>   4. Re: horn regrowth on adult ram (Linda)

>   5. Re: horn regrowth on adult ram (gotothewhip at aol.com)

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:06 -0500

> Subject: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

> In September my two year old four horned ram had a lateral knocked loose in

> a ram fight. The horn was hanging loosely attached amid lots of blood -

> pretty much sheared off at the head. Awhile back, I had good luck with

> taping an injured lateral back on an 8 month old ram lamb. Since Belvedere

> has already passed registration and had proven himself as a sire, I elected

> to catch him up and remove the horn. This horns was sheared off pretty much

> at the head. I did not expect it to regrow. It's pretty looked like a scab

> for the last three months. I caught him up today and there is definite horn

> material growing - about 1/2" worth. I seriously doubt he'll ever have much

> of a lateral on that side, but wonder what experience others might have had

> with horn regrowth on a young adult ram that sheared off a lateral. By

> sheared off, I mean including the core.

>

> Linda

> --

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: Mark Essen <messen at socket.net>

> To:

> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:21:25 -0600

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

> I had a six year old ram that broke off a lateral even with his head.  When

> I found him the blood was already starting to dry.  The only care that I

> gave him was some blood stop powder.   He lived for nine more years and that

> horn was about two inches when he died.  The other lateral was seventeen

> inches,

>

> Linda wrote:

>

>> In September my two year old four horned ram had a lateral knocked loose

>> in a ram fight. The horn was hanging loosely attached amid lots of blood -

>> pretty much sheared off at the head. Awhile back, I had good luck with

>> taping an injured lateral back on an 8 month old ram lamb. Since Belvedere

>> has already passed registration and had proven himself as a sire, I elected

>> to catch him up and remove the horn. This horns was sheared off pretty much

>> at the head. I did not expect it to regrow. It's pretty looked like a scab

>> for the last three months. I caught him up today and there is definite horn

>> material growing - about 1/2" worth. I seriously doubt he'll ever have much

>> of a lateral on that side, but wonder what experience others might have had

>> with horn regrowth on a young adult ram that sheared off a lateral. By

>> sheared off, I mean including the core.

>>

>> Linda

>> --

>> Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep <http://www.patchworkfibers.com>

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: schmick54 at aol.com

> To: patchworkfibers at windstream.net, jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:32:02 -0500

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

> No luck at all ! Our 2 year old Tenspeed lost his lateral when another ram

> knocked it off over a year ago and so far we haven't noticed anything

> growing.Speedy is just a little lighter headed !

>

> Mick

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 4:58 pm

> Subject: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

>

> In September my two year old four horned ram had a lateral knocked loose in

> a ram fight. The horn was hanging loosely attached amid lots of blood -

> pretty much sheared off at the head. Awhile back, I had good luck with

> taping an injured lateral back on an 8 month old ram lamb. Since Belvedere

> has already passed registration and had proven himself as a sire, I elected

> to catch him up and remove the horn. This horns was sheared off pretty much

> at the head. I did not expect it to regrow. It's pretty looked like a scab

> for the last three months. I caught him up today and there is definite horn

> material growing - about 1/2" worth. I seriously doubt he'll ever have much

> of a lateral on that side, but wonder what experience others might have had

> with horn regrowth on a young adult ram that sheared off a lateral. By

> sheared off, I mean including the core.

>

> Linda

> --

> Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep <http://www.patchworkfibers.com/>

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: schmick54 at aol.com

> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:12:07 -0500

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

> This is really very minimal regrowth and I don't expect him to ever have

> much regrowth. This is the first sheep I've had that sheared off the core

> along with the horn. My friend had a ram shear off a horn, but she had the

> vet cauterize the wound, which I assume stopped any possibility of regrowth.

> I didn't expect to see any horn tissue come back and I'm surprised by it.

> Even though it's never going to be a pretty lateral again, the horn nubbin

> looks better than the hole or the scab.

>

> Linda

>

> schmick54 at aol.com wrote:

>

> No luck at all ! Our 2 year old Tenspeed lost his lateral when another ram

> knocked it off over a year ago and so far we haven't noticed anything

> growing.Speedy is just a little lighter headed !

>

> Mick

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net><patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com> <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 4:58 pm

> Subject: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

>

> In September my two year old four horned ram had a lateral knocked loose in

> a ram fight. The horn was hanging loosely attached amid lots of blood -

> pretty much sheared off at the head. Awhile back, I had good luck with

> taping an injured lateral back on an 8 month old ram lamb. Since Belvedere

> has already passed registration and had proven himself as a sire, I elected

> to catch him up and remove the horn. This horns was sheared off pretty much

> at the head. I did not expect it to regrow. It's pretty looked like a scab

> for the last three months. I caught him up today and there is definite horn

> material growing - about 1/2" worth. I seriously doubt he'll ever have much

> of a lateral on that side, but wonder what experience others might have had

> with horn regrowth on a young adult ram that sheared off a lateral. By

> sheared off, I mean including the core.

>

> Linda

> --

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: gotothewhip at aol.com

> To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:11:14 -0500

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

>

> We had a ram shear off a horn this summer... Scooped out a large chunk of

> skull, it actually left a hole like depression!

>

> He was bleeding worse than any ram I have seen.  To save his life, we

> cauterized the base, with a pipe heated up with a torch.. Basically like

> dehorning a calf.. We burned the entire area to slow the bleeding.

>

> This was in June.

>

> He has since grown 3 inches

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: schmick54 at aol.com

> Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 5:12 am

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

>

> This is really very minimal regrowth and I don't expect him to ever have

> much regrowth. This is the first sheep I've had that sheared off the core

> along with the horn. My friend had a ram shear off a horn, but she had the

> vet cauterize the wound, which I assume stopped any possibility of regrowth.

> I didn't expect to see any horn tissue come back and I'm surprised by it.

> Even though it's never going to be a pretty lateral again, the horn nubbin

> looks better than the hole or the scab.

>

> Linda

>

> schmick54 at aol.com wrote:

>

> No luck at all ! Our 2 year old Tenspeed lost his lateral when another ram

> knocked it off over a year ago and so far we haven't noticed anything

> growing.Speedy is just a little lighter headed !

>

> Mick

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net><patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com> <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 4:58 pm

> Subject: [Jacob-list] horn regrowth on adult ram

>

> In September my two year old four horned ram had a lateral knocked loose in

> a ram fight. The horn was hanging loosely attached amid lots of blood -

> pretty much sheared off at the head. Awhile back, I had good luck with

> taping an injured lateral back on an 8 month old ram lamb. Since Belvedere

> has already passed registration and had proven himself as a sire, I elected

> to catch him up and remove the horn. This horns was sheared off pretty much

> at the head. I did not expect it to regrow. It's pretty looked like a scab

> for the last three months. I caught him up today and there is definite horn

> material growing - about 1/2" worth. I seriously doubt he'll ever have much

> of a lateral on that side, but wonder what experience others might have had

> with horn regrowth on a young adult ram that sheared off a lateral. By

> sheared off, I mean including the core.

>

> Linda

> --

> Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep <http://www.patchworkfibers.com/>

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