[Jacob-list] Broken Horn

[gf]

Well, I was very slack, the horn was broken competely but when I looked at
the ewe, it had fallen off was not bleeding and seemed to have sealed
itself. Now this ewe has one long horn and one half length horn. I ended up
doing very little. I guess nature does well left to itself, not that I
always want to do that but they dont go extinct because they have a long
strong genetic heritage, suppose that is why we love our primatives ...

Gary
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:34 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Broken Horn


> Fred Horak here.  We repair brokem horns with spider webs; a source of
> protein.  From the garage or barn collect as much spider web material as
you
> can to make a "gauze size" bandage.  Just place the spider web materail ..
> ours often has dust in it from the horse stalls ... over the "bloodied"
core.
>  See if you can make it stick a little so it doesn't just fall off.  No
tape,
> no gauze, no "yellow or blue" squirts.  Just the spider web.  It will be
fine
> in 24 hours.
>
> On the other hand, we have had horns broken to the skull.  This generally
> entails the final removal of the horn and the packing of the "hole" with
> gauze.
>
> Fred Horak
>
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