Dehorning heifer's in France

On today's episode of farming Life at La Forge, we will show you around our servicing shed, one of the old French barns on our farm. After I will show you where we are at with renovating our old french farm houses. At the end of the video Dad is dehorning our livestock, and will be explaining how it is done over here and showing you how we now do it as apposed to how we did it when we first arrived
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[@noelcxl2037]

That’s some weapon for dehorning, it’s a great tool. Nice tidy looking super dexta you have in the shed.. the sound quality is much better now Laura, could hear your dad loud and clear. Great video as always 👍👍

[@leemiller199]

Hi laura your looking well another great vid

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Laura

[@taraking30]

Great video, a great way to dehorn the quicker the better

[@seanlenehan7574]

Great video. Seen the way you dehorning .👍🚜.good job on the painting 🌟

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Thanks 😊

[@kelvinstewart9437]

We always use a section of the right sized inner tube,doubled up on their head for a day or so to cut down on the bleeding. Very good looking cattle,Thanks from Manitoba,Canada.

[@davidwhittredge3416]

Great video Laura, houses are coming along great, good luck on renting them out.

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Thanks 😊

[@robertrogers8440]

A good tip is to cut strips of inner tube to tie around the heifers heads after dehorning. The elastic keeps it tight then easy to whip off the next day. Great video et bon courage

[@davidtitcombe4686]

Thanks for showing the real side to farming.

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

No problem, thanks 😊

[@clint4472]

Howdy from Texas! Never seen a dehorning gadget like that before, sure makes it quick and simple. Nice tip using string to apply pressure to halt the bleeding, I learned something new 😉

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hello Texas! I'm glad you enjoyed the videos ☺️

[@paddy294]

Another good video. Dehorning is a job that has to be done. It makes them look a lot cleaner. Good luck with the herd test. Not an easy job

[@conaran7039]

Holy crap. Your old fella is hard-core.

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

he sure is :)

[@buffranchAB]

Great video, awesome dehorning tool, we've used them for 30yrs dehorning buffalo/bison

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

It's a very handy bit of kit !

[@flemmingnielsen5989]

Great video 🇨🇦

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Thanks 😊

[@padraigtaylor8333]

Love a working holiday over there lol🦾

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Haha maybe 😊

[@michaelconroy7445]

Wow I never seen anything like that for taking off horns, We do them as calves with the burner works well for us, Laura thanks for filming fantastic job as always..

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

We do too for heifers we keep, but anything we but in usually have horns

[@deanmagnuson2993]

Greatings from Grand Forks Nd USA

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hello Grand Forks US, hope you're enjoying the videos 😊

[@walterprice8728]

Our local vets in Pembrokeshire use the power saw, too. An old trick is to stick broken matchsticks into any bleeding veins, which is pretty effective. But the paste is better - altho' we too end up with one-horned cows to deal with!

[@martinbrennan86]

I remember trying to dehorn with a saw what a job ! and especially with a load of wild Limousin

[@khmeragriculture9863]

Best video

[@raymondcarroll1670]

Great video Laura, you will have to give us a closer look at the super Dexta sometime

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

It's on the list don't worry 😉

[@oldgoatsgarden4897]

Looks like it works pretty slick, sure beats using a shear or a set of gougers.

[@nsgkuaov]

I bought one of those dehorners about ten years ago and do a few every year and do some for the odd neighbours I find that if you leave a good rasher of hair around the base of the horn they bleed very little and don't grow a slug not that a bit of a slug makes much odds but some that I did about ten years ago and were kept for cows grew slugs that eventually grew into their heads so I had to wire off the offending bits eventually ( I'm talking six or seven years later) . I don't remember but I think I gave about €450 for the one I got and that included the dewalt grinder, my vet gets me to do most of the sculling that he has or borrows it for some clients between us we did 237 half mad cattle for a man about five years ago injecting them was the biggest job,cows , 3 year old bullocks back to strong calves, luckily we brought our new portable crush otherwise we would probably have been broken up as the facilities were not great, my vet still laughs about it, he says that the look on my face was comical when I looked into the shed and saw what was ahead of us, needless to say he had told me that we had a few weanlings to do and maybe a cow or two. We only had to replace the blade last year when I think back to sculling cattle fifty years ago with a saw the hardship on both man and beast, it's just a pity that some guys don't dehorn calves when they are small but at least we can make it as painless and as quick as possible when we have to do the job.

[@rogern.9226]

Hello from colorado u.s.a.!

[@oppamaclare]

Dehorned as calves with the gas dehorner is the best. Have to say though, that grinder tool is a great job. Have bad memories doing them here when I was young (co. Clare) as yearlings with a handsaw and me covered head to toe in blood.

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Yes the handsaw is an awful job! We use the burner on calves indeed as seen in previous videos but this year expanding the herd, we have a few to do this way ☺️

[@scoyle1750]

Uploads are class my question is what do yo miss about Ireland as I work away a lot as I am a bricklayer and miss simple things like soda bread, wheaten bread hence the name, take care 👍🇮🇪

[@davidporter9556]

We used to tie Lik that with the cord didn’t hav any one day but had cable ties. Used them way handier an tbey tighten a lot tighter less blood

[@kopenhagenkid]

Hello 👋 from Canada 🇨🇦

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hello Canada ☺️

[@calebmanuel17]

Same I’m from Toronto Canada

[@chrisneedham5803]

Thanks for showing the de-horning, it's not nice but has to be done. Give the dog a pat from me 🐶🐾🐾🐶

[@philipoconnor2236]

Great job! That attachment for the 9" grinder is unreal. Did your Dad make it or did he buy it somewhere? I use the wire myself an odd time but only a handful. .. I can't imagine doing 36 in one day with the wire!! 2 or 3 heavy cable ties are handy too as a tourniquet. Do ye ever bother or have to halter cattle? Sometimes cattle are quieter when cattle front and back of them and just tie them up to the crush bars or ye could tie em inside in locking barriers

[@keithrobinson1331]

My dogs love chewing on them and huff trimmings 👍🥩🐕

[@jaaak]

Jaka Ty jesteś śliczna 🙂

[@denismurphy5297]

Rubber tractor tyre tube works well too to stop bleeding as well.

[@user-pe4sx7ey3m]

How big are the farms , do you have to do paper work like we do here in lreland , you have a well laid out garage , you know well your dad worked in a garage ,good operated .

[@dmcg6074]

Can you do a video on the part of France you're in and the unique things about it?

[@johnwarwick4105]

Interesting in the dehorning. Never seen it done like that amazing! Just need somebody to invent a quiet angle grinder. “Short and quick just like the dentist” remind me NOT to use a Irish dentist. Ps going to try the trick with the band to stop bleeding

[@ethanearle9457]

Love your videos Laura keep them coming , are the houses that you are fixing up for renting for short rent in summer or for long term rent ?

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Thanks, they will be to rent for short term Holiday yes

[@ethanearle9457]

@@FarmingLifeatLaForge might talk to you at a later date about renting for a summer holiday but of course it will depend on the bloody Covid

[@tomotoole7241]

Good video Laura question is that super dextra in going order 🤠

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Yes it is, should be in a video soon enough 😊

[@johncoen7380]

Fantastic video's guy's Will ye be set houses to Irish tourist For holidays ??? If so how will we book Regards

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hello, yes we will be letting for holiday rentals. Once they are near ready we will have all the details in a video, but probably through airbnb and through the youtube email address

[@thomasforbes8904]

Are Ye allowed drill a water well when you need one or is that a permit and paperwork issue

[@medinascarlos]

hello friend of all the ways to dehorn this is the fastest and it is perfect, in adult cows with 7 years old can I cut like this with that angle that you use to fit the animal's head? don't you burn after cutting? I loved the video but I would like to know if this is the best way to do my whole vacation

[@Sean-fb7cy]

Laura. Is there any French you tube farming channels Perticurly regarding the beef herd

[@limerickman8512]

The angle grinder dehorner is sure faster than the wood saw.

[@aidanfendt6117]

is there any bogs like for turf over in france if there is please can u tell me because bogs in ireland could be closing

[@kierancl]

Great to see the dehorning going on, interesting piece of equipment for the job. Do you plan to stay in France or would you like to return to Ireland?

[@BrunyeeSalers]

Dehorning cows / heifers is nota job for the weak hearted. But sometimes it has to be done - like “dad” have done many over the years. Glad to see it’s raining there too - my farm has never been so wet. Had our first calf of 2021 yesterday - bull and because they are Salers, calved unassisted and then 12 hours later walked 1/2 mile into the buildings. She was a week early and caught us out a bit as the cows only came in of the hills today. Farming, love it or walk away. Take care

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hope the calf is healthy and strong! Good luck with all the calving 😊

[@BrunyeeSalers]

Farming Life at La Forge Doing well thank you, it’s the first time our cattle have been house as we normally out winter - but the weather has beaten us. My only fear is it getting trampled ?

[@americatheevil]

You have the same music intro as South Saskatchewan farmer Lol

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Or do they have the same music as me 🤷😉

[@ThomasAnderson-uw5pk]

Hi i really enjoyed that video ,i agree with your dad on the wire ,it was hard bloody work ,the angle grinder is so fast ,i was so amazed ,WOW ,also never in all my life working with animals did i see that trick of stopping bleeding as we always cotterised with a hot bolt

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks 😊

[@markoconnor1291]

Did you sell the farm back home, do ye lease this farm or buy

[@ewilliams6839]

Hi Laura just wondering where ye got them pumps from in ireland for the solar . What psi and flow rate are they. Going making one here. Videos are great great to see how ye are going over there while we are walking around in water back here.😁 . Thanks

[@arwelagrimachinery]

Whats the story of the Super Dexta under the loft?

[@TarasYuzvak]

👍🇺🇦

[@danpowell2940]

Where do you get a gadget like that from

[@frclintpower]

Did your father train as a mechanic in a tractor garage and did he bring all his tools over to France 👍

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Yes he served his time in a ford new Holland tractor garage back in Ireland. A lot of the tools were brought over yes

[@Rhyswilliams1]

Would you move back to ireland

[@martymccartan4616]

Laura would you not de horn them when they are calf’s

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Hi, yes we do. As dad explained, the only reason these heifer's have horns is because we were not planning on keeping them in the beginning, and then decided to expand the herd and also some heifer's were bought in. Thanks for the comment 😊

[@oconnellsfarm811]

Would ya say farming in France is good place to go if want to have bigger farm . You going doing holiday rents

[@georgedoorley5628]

looks that way , if you are willing to work hard , .............

[@finbarreburn5112]

I have a guillotine for the job but prefer the saw as it leaves a sweeter head.

[@greggroome2791]

💗😊😊🙏🙏👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Clive-wk1wf]

Could you get me a 40 series cab too?😂

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Haha I'll let you know if i see any

[@richkramer2777]

You can tell the age bye how long the tail is . I want a horn!!!

[@brendanwhite9799]

When and why did ye leave Ireland for to farm in France and was it a hard decision to make ps like the chanal

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Thanks 😊

[@michaelcollins1552]

Is that a super dexta in the barn

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Yes it sure is 😊

[@stephencrowe9490]

Hello from Ireland that dehorning tool is an impressive piece of kit, would you have dimensions for making it ?

[@bdahammed8847]

Do you sell wholesale cows?

[@jaaak]

don't you burn the horns of the little calves? It would be less painful for the cattle and less embarrassing for you

[@irishtony965]

They bought them in, and burning horns of young calves is still painful for them and how is it embarrassing??

[@gerardhealy2110]

do you inject them first to numb the area

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Yes we did, that's what dad was on about for tetanus at the end ☺️

[@gerardhealy2110]

@@FarmingLifeatLaForge . I must be giving ours too much so.. Ours look like there drunk 20 mins after geting it..lol

[@marckimbrell4645]

Get you a double polled black angus bull and you won't have to worry about those horns.

[@mikegalvin361]

Great weapon, and of course it must be done, horns are so dangerous.

[@paulmorris6694]

Can you say how old you all are. Also what’s the best and worst about farming in France

[@cahalhayes9192]

It’s a horrible job it has to be done . Great vlog

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

It sure is 🙂

[@jaaak]

these solars for what, because I don't understand English well

[@domyoshi1046]

Pompy do wody zostawiaja je na polu

[@jaaak]

@@domyoshi1046 dzięki. Skąd jesteś?

[@domyoshi1046]

@@jaaak polski

[@georgedoorley5628]

that blade on the grinder is not the normal one i take it .........

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Indeed it's not ☺️

[@georgedoorley5628]

@@FarmingLifeatLaForge can they be purchased ...........its a mighty way of doing it on your own compared to anything else ......so quick its over before the animal knows it ...............

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

@@georgedoorley5628 yes they can, we bought it where we saw the new machines where being sold and saw the spare ones. Not sure what they are called now sorry

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

@@georgedoorley5628 www.enasco.com/p/Replacement-Blade-for-Super-Jet-Power-Dehorning-Saw---9-in-%2BC14530N

[@emmetparker5269]

Please can I have horn

[@muttgusse]

this is why u dehorn when they are about 2 weeks old. u put them to slepp and burn the stubs and nerves! this is kinda animal abuse

[@oisinwallace5367]

Could you introduce yourselfs in french

[@dandonohill]

Thats cruel...they should be done as very young calves.

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

As explained in the video we dehorn our calves when they are calves, however these heifers were bought in and needed to be dehorned for their own and our safety. They were numbed and this is the quikest and least stressfull or painfull method we can do. The cattle were under no harm don't worry ;)

[@jamesnevin6076]

Abit crude with the angle grinder

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Not at all, best way to do it. Everyone has they're way 🤷☺️

[@jamesnevin6076]

Why do you not dehorn when they are calves

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

@@jamesnevin6076 we do dehorn when they are calves, as dad explained, these were not dehorned as they were going to be sold then later decided to keep. We don't do this to all our cattle

[@markb1487]

Video quality not great,, but the content is fantastic.. You need to invest in better camera,, too much glare, and NO subtitles again. 👍😭😭

[@FarmingLifeatLaForge]

Unfortunately cameras are expensive. It takes a full day for me to add subtitles so it is very unlikely I will add any on videos until i find a better way. Thanks for the comment 😊

[@amps8lfc]

Nothing wrong with the video quality

[@samuelrobinson9012]

Video quality seemed fine to me. If its glare from sun for couple seconds through door of workshop you mean, wise up..!! It only lasted couple secs. You've little to moan about. She's a farming girl doing a bit of KZbin on side. Keep up the good work Laura, most of us love your work, and all the best from lreland.

[@amps8lfc]

@@samuelrobinson9012 well said!.. I second that 👍🏻

[@georgedoorley5628]

lets see how good your uploads are ........! fucks sake its a working farm not hollywood ........

[@grim5931]

a situation est très mauvaise en france. je pense qu'en france il n'y a pas de problème dans l'agriculture il y a midi, c'est très dur. peut-être que vous ne prenez pas l'idée de vous suicider, la vie est très dure. comment vous aider dans votre ferme. vous devez être fort dans la vie. pas de vous tuer. peut-être que vous avez vu le problème du suicide agricole. vous avez tout ce que la concurrence est grande en france les gens se suicident