I love when I see you guys use the salicylic acid. I learned that not only does it kill the bacteria, but it relieves pain❤️❤️. Thanks for all you guys do to take care of these sweet cows :)
Hello, your grandson is very intelligent. I bet he would make a wonderful of trimmer when he grows up. Enjoy them while they’re small, they grow up so fast. It was just yesterday when my son was born now he’s almost 20. Kathy
A pleasure to subscribe to this channel. My Mum's folks come from the Dublin area long ago and I would dearly love to visit once again (I felt I was coming home then), but I am old now. No more trips like that for me. It is sad so many years have passed, but I do so like Clannad and Enya, their music soothes an old heart. I wish you all well and I will be looking for future videos.
Some absolutely ridiculous comments on here about this trim. For the ignorant :- cows who are out in pasture, their hoof horn dries out and makes the horn as hard as rocks it blunts even the sharpest hardened steel knives really quickly. Secondly, the corium , when it’s inflamed with digi , just touching it with the back of the knife will make it bleed. Thirdly, those criticising the trim based on watching other trim videos, get a grip, doesn’t make you an expert.
Your "thirdly" comment said it all. We soon forget that these content creators are letting us into their lives, sharing their passion and work. Our gratitude is what they deserve.
The ppl who notice the aggressiveness have prolly watched other trimmers, hoofGP and a couple other Iv seen, and just the hefer starts bleeding in a few areas in this one, and compared to some other I seen, it looks like he is just cutting anything, but I know he is getting rid of the loose horn just different trimmers different cows different cuts.
My wife is from Dublin and one of her favorite sayings (when talking to our kids) is ‘Stop Acting the Maggot’!!! 😆 this takes on a whoooole new meaning now!
I've got a trimmer that looks like that one, except it's corded, and is about 60 yrs old, or thereabouts, still pluggin' away, after a few new clipper blade sets. He's doing a fine job, he is. She had a pretty tough horn, hope she's Feelin' better.
You can see when she first took off she was gonna walk like she still had a bad hoof, then realized, hey my hoof feels way better 😌 and walked normal...nice!
The maggots (probably from fly larvae - which is good - not all larvae eat only dead flesh) probably saved the cow's leg - maggots eat rotting (necrotic) flesh thereby limiting infection and preventing gangrene (see Larval Debridement Therapy).
Your hair looks great! Is your "barber" your brother, as he is your twin....just smaller. Good looking family. That includes Tom, aka Silver Fox. Your videos are amusing and educational. Your easy humor is a plus. 👍
So yes I watch the hoof gp. I must say you have done as well as I have seen him do on a cows hoof. Great job 👍🏽 Graeme can’t be everywhere. You do great work for these big mommas
Not too long ago I was thinking, "Y'know, I like cows, and this looks like tough work but the kind where you feel good about what you do, maybe I should go learn to trim hooves." Then I saw the maggots and now I'm saying NOPE!
Saw you guys hoof gp. I didn’t see maggots in the title. That was nasty. I have a case ironed stomach but maggots get me every time. Y’all did a great job making her comfortable.
Hope you had a lovely day at the Wedding, looking very smart. As for that hoof🤢🤢🤢 maggots!! Erm! Just NO! So happy you could sort her hoof out. Take care & stay safe💚
I'm sure if she could speak she would say "Thank you"!!!! I must say I can handle many things, but live maggots is a rough one!!!!! Hats off to you!!!! First thing I would have done is spray the maggots away since closing my eyes would make the trim very dangerous!!!! 😆 Stay safe guys!!!
After your brother cut your hair I hope you offered to trim his toe nails for him. Keep up the great work, it's only a matter of time before the numbers explode on the channel. Loving the work you boys do from Australia 🇦🇺.
I have been watching a few other channels that show the trimming and care of diary cows hoofs and yours was the first that showed maggots. When was the last time this cow's hoofs were tended to? I think the farmer needs to have more regular visits by the services of a hoof trimmer for his cows to get the best possible care. Please show another video that shows the improvement made to this cow's hoof. Thank you. By the way, your new haircut looks great!
I've been watching a few other channels for a while now - maggots do sometimes happen. Doesn't take long for dermatitis to get in there and have a party or for maggots to do their thing when given a chance. Farmers can have their cows on a super regular schedule and things like this can still happen.
@@garethcrawford9158 So grateful that their are skilled hoof trimmers who can address the needs of animals who give much to human beings. I feel better knowing that the maggots are not a common occurrence and can be with good care treating the dermatitis will return the hoof to a health state. Your work is really vital and your videos are really educational for those of us who are not farmers or have exposure to any 4 legged animal with hoofs. Thank you for your service.
1. Most maggots will only eat already dead flesh, so the maggots actually help the animal by removing the dead flesh and it's bacterial growth. There are circumstances that modern surgeons will use maggots to clean wounds even today. (Very narrow circumstances, typically bad burns and such) 2. Flies are everywhere around livestock under normal circumstances, so it means nothing to see flies near a cow. Correspondingly, as soon as conditions are right for maggots, the flies are already there to lay eggs. With the result thatmaggot infestations start as quickly as possible. This makes it more of a commentary on how good these farmers are at caring for their cattle that we don't see maggots more. 3. Maggots grow quickly. Those maggots were only a couple of days to a week and a half old, depending on species.
5:21 … Yeah she ain’t thanking you there mate! In all fairness that was really hard to tell though, but that was a really touchy area! And youse was right, she did look very grateful walking at the end there…
That poor cow, you were so rough. It looked like you were in such a rush that it didn’t matter if you made it bleed. You didn’t even check to see if you got all the maggots out!. I appreciate that you know what you are doing it just looked really rushed!
The bleeding is almost always gonna happen. He need to get as close to the root as possible to get as much damaged hoof off as he can, he’s trying to expose the infected tissue to the salicylic acid. The salicylic acid will kill off any remaining maggots. And he was a bit rough bc he said his blade wasn’t that sharp bc the time of the year he filmed this it’s hard for him to keep his blades sharp
Stop me if I told you this before! I had a Belgian mare who stepped on a nail and it punctured her navicular bursa. She had surgery, twice, but it would reinfect. Finally the vet applied sterile maggots to eat the dead and infected flesh away. I don’t know how maggots are made sterile. Does anyone? Anyway, those voracious little things did the trick and it gave my mare a little over ten more years of life.
Now that is trust! Letting him cut your hair before a wedding!😆. Have seen people admitted to the hospital with maggots in their wounds, it's so gross, made my skin crawl the first time....years later took care of a gentleman who was treated with sterile maggots to debride his sacral ulcer. Don't know which was worse!
First time watching you work..I'm not in your line of work by any means, but from what I've seen on here as well as watching my uncle do this my whole life, just throwing this out there...Nightly sharpened Knives are key, Way less roughness, and not to rush..Just sayin' ...I'm sure you can sharpen them nightly, not be so rough with those animals n slow down to do a better job then this!!
2:56 Is anyone else cringing and wondering why he hasn't gotten that maggot off of the cows hoof? 4:14 And there the maggot goes down into the flesh of the cow. Thanks dude!!!
