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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1845538" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Used to have 10-12 brood sows and had a guy who would come castrate the boar piglets as they brought more at the feeder sale... He was a staunch advocate of only cutting in the last quarter going into the new moon... going from the thighs into the feet.... says they bled less, were less upset by it, and healed quicker after. When my ex husband had the purebred O.E Game chickens... bantams mostly for showing... he always dubbed the combs and the wattles in the waning moon for the same reason... </p><p>Remember that the sayings about the people in the insane asylums always went "crazier" during the full moon? The moon has the gravitational pull that affects the tides of the ocean and affects the blood flow etc in mammals.... </p><p>Some say it is old wives tales.... but I had a vet castrate 3 bull calves many years ago and had them nearly bleed to death and had to take them to the vet's office the next day because 2 of the 3 were weak and kept going down, and they would not stop bleeding... it was the day before the full moon... and I was not that well versed in it so didn't know... put them on IV's and they did something to finally get them to stop bleeding... get their hydration back up. Then had a neighbor tell me about the "signs" and then I read up on it... and now I am very careful to NOT do any kind of routine "work" on an animal until the moon is going into the last quarter at least... What's it going to hurt to just follow some of the "old ways" ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1845538, member: 25884"] Used to have 10-12 brood sows and had a guy who would come castrate the boar piglets as they brought more at the feeder sale... He was a staunch advocate of only cutting in the last quarter going into the new moon... going from the thighs into the feet.... says they bled less, were less upset by it, and healed quicker after. When my ex husband had the purebred O.E Game chickens... bantams mostly for showing... he always dubbed the combs and the wattles in the waning moon for the same reason... Remember that the sayings about the people in the insane asylums always went "crazier" during the full moon? The moon has the gravitational pull that affects the tides of the ocean and affects the blood flow etc in mammals.... Some say it is old wives tales.... but I had a vet castrate 3 bull calves many years ago and had them nearly bleed to death and had to take them to the vet's office the next day because 2 of the 3 were weak and kept going down, and they would not stop bleeding... it was the day before the full moon... and I was not that well versed in it so didn't know... put them on IV's and they did something to finally get them to stop bleeding... get their hydration back up. Then had a neighbor tell me about the "signs" and then I read up on it... and now I am very careful to NOT do any kind of routine "work" on an animal until the moon is going into the last quarter at least... What's it going to hurt to just follow some of the "old ways" ? [/QUOTE]
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