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If I'm in the position to do so,I remove it. I have had one get choked on it,but that doesn't concern me too much. The rumen is a wonderful thing,but it can't digest that stuff very well at all. It pretty much rots more than it is digested and used.

I had a heifer that had swelling in her thoat. Turned out she had a heart defect and died in a couple of days. The swelling was Edema and kind of lead the Vet and I astray.

I think banding calves under 400 lbs. is O.K.. I use a Tri-Bander on every size,from babies- 400 lbs.. Banded 225 one year,200-300 pounders,never had a single problem and the calves never missed a lick. I have knife cut several hundred more,and never had many problems. They just don't loose as...