Dehorner Electric X-30

It works great. Heats up quick! We use on nubians, and so far, we've had no problems.

Last one lasted 23 years. Plugged this one in and got to dehorning kids immediately.

Works great and came with the 1/2 inch tip that I needed for my alpine kids. I was worried it was going to come with one of the smaller tips, I didn't see tip size anywhere in the description or reviews I read so this review is mainly to tell other buyers that this came with the half inch tip for normal size goats and calves

Works great for our Nigerian dwarf goats

Worked PERFECTLY for our baby Nubian goats! I was afraid that it would be too large for their tiny little heads, but it couldn’t have been better. I did the horn buds in July, and now it’s January and they’ve healed up very nicely with no hint of any horn growth. I have small children who work closely with the goats and couldn’t take a chance of them hurting the children or each other. I don’t have to worry about their heads getting stuck in the fence either, so this has given me peace of mind in knowing that my goats and the people who work with them will be safer in the long run. This machine was quick to heat up and easy to use and clean. I will use again on future generations of my dairy goats.

I ordered one of these about 6 months ago and have dissbudded six Nigerian dwarf kids with it so far. It does heat up reasonably fast and is quality made. I plug it in and go get the patient, buy the time I get back its ready to go, ten minutes seems like more then sufficient warm up time. My only real gripes are #1, the tip isn't replaceable and #2, they offer a tip in three different sizes for this model and no one is knowledgeable enough to really help you select the right size before you buy one. As I mentioned, I have dwarf goats, but I ended up buying the standard tip. It's bigger then I'd really like, but for what these overgrown soldering irons cost, I can't afford to have more then one size for the time being. It's probably better to have the tip too big then for it to be too small, you'll be less likely to have skurs later on down the road.From my experience, it is best to dissbud as soon as you can feel the buds. I have waited a little longer then I would have liked, because I wanted to let the kids get pretty strong before stressing them or subjecting them to any possible infection. The problem with waiting is the skull bone is developing under that horn bud and you can't burn that off, so the sooner you dissbud probably the better if you feel the kid is up to it. I probably could use the smaller tip which will leave a smaller burned area and a flatter skull bone under the bud, but I'd have to do the bucklings pretty soon after birth, they develop much faster then the doeings. I've had bucklings born with pretty prominent buds day one that if I thought they could take it, probably should get dissbudded ASAP. Spray some Blucoat on after you have cauterized any little bleeders if there are any and they will be good to go.Very satisfied with this tool, but I took one star off only because the tip isn't replaceable, thus eventually dooming this to the landfill when it wears out, however I expect it to last a pretty long time. 5 stars if it where serviceable.

De horning my baby goats

Listen if you need to disbud a small animal, this is the one to buy. Gets hot pretty quick, long enough cord to not 100% need an extension depending on how your barn/shop is set up. Can’t beat the price!