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Lovin' The Homestead
I will be disbudding any kids who aren't headed for the butcher. I think it's somewhat different than docking or cropping. Those things are done for cosmetic reasons mainly, while disbudding is done to keep harm from being done to the animal or others in the future. I have a friend who rasied goats and was gored twice, once pretty severely, by horned goats. I don't want to risk that happening to one of my family, especially my kids.