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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >She became dog food! ....  We sold her...

I know this wasn't your point, but horns or no horns, this should be the fate 
of any farm animal that can't behave.  We've had hornless goats here too, 
ones we bought already without horns.  We've never had a goat use its horns 
against a hornless one.   My point being that it isn't just the natural 
course of 
things that a horned goat will lord over a hornless (unarmed) one.  It takes 
a 
goat with a nasty turn to do that.   ANY animal with a nasty turn needs to be 
disposed of regarless of its horn status.

For example, like most homesteaders we keep a few roosters.  They have very 
potentially harming spurs.  Most roosters would never remotely consider using 
those on us or other animals ... but some are of a nasty, aggressive turn and 
they do.  Said roosters are chicken noodle soup by that evening.  We don't 
solve the problem or potential problem by cutting off the spurs, we get rid 
of the 
maladjusted animal.

James