325abn
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Hello All
I have a cow with a calf that was born last summer. The cow is a short horned milker crossed with a red face. The Bull she was bred to is a White park.
When the calf was 6-7 weeks old the owner of the bull that bred my cow came over and castrated my bull calf using the Emasculatome.
Now several months later the calfs testicals seem to be growing. They are certainly there and getting larger. The calf seems to be "acting" like a bull (I think). On occasion he sniffs at his moms rear and raises his lip.
My concern is the the castration did not work.
Do the "symtoms" I state above indicate a unsucessfull castration? If not what would? What other body traits would be evidence of a bull? I have been told both that if the ball are there then he is a bull also that somtimes using this method the ball will still grow but not be effective therefore he would be a steer.
Thank you for your input.
Here are a few shot of the calf in question and the cow.
I have a cow with a calf that was born last summer. The cow is a short horned milker crossed with a red face. The Bull she was bred to is a White park.
When the calf was 6-7 weeks old the owner of the bull that bred my cow came over and castrated my bull calf using the Emasculatome.
Now several months later the calfs testicals seem to be growing. They are certainly there and getting larger. The calf seems to be "acting" like a bull (I think). On occasion he sniffs at his moms rear and raises his lip.
My concern is the the castration did not work.
Do the "symtoms" I state above indicate a unsucessfull castration? If not what would? What other body traits would be evidence of a bull? I have been told both that if the ball are there then he is a bull also that somtimes using this method the ball will still grow but not be effective therefore he would be a steer.
Thank you for your input.
Here are a few shot of the calf in question and the cow.