Video: Hoof Trimming Goats: Part 2

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Trim dairy goat hooves to flat surfaces on which they can build strong, stable hooves. Learn to trim dairy goat hooves from an organic farmer in this free dairy farming video.

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gityerchicken Jul 26, 2009
Great video! Very thorough directions. I can't wait go out and trim my girls' hooves!

Video Transcript

So for the moment, if you don't keep up with this job, the hoof rot can get to be a really serious problem. You see, I've created a surface. It's not perfect, but I'm going to come back and hit this one again in two weeks, and the new tissue, the new hoof as it grows out, will replace some of that damaged material, and by and by, the goat will be able to walk a lot easier. If you go a little too deep into here, you'll begin to see some bleeding. It is common to nick a capillary. You want to essentially, take off all the dead and extra material, and cut off any broken pieces. You see, I've created something of a flat surface in here. Again, it's not perfect, but this goat over time, will be able to develop a much more ergonomic walking surface, for himself. You see, this is something of a perfect plane along here, and I would go ahead, and reproduce this with all four hoofs. You can see it's not an easy job, kind of stinky, but very important, nonetheless.

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Hoof Trimming Goats: Part 2

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