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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1805981" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>All the reply's are from experienced cattlemen... I will say that I prefer to use a large bander... we use the callicrate, and we have had very very good experiences with it. No muss, no fuss and they are back to eating inside of an hour or less once it cuts off the circulation which causes the pain. No fly problems... we follow the recommendations for tetanus shots... We keep them around the barn lot for about a week and will run them through the chute to check and make sure they are cold so no circulation. Often we will cut it off below the band at a week or so, just because of not wanting them to smell in the heat. We buy alot of 450-700 wt bull calves to make up groups and sell in larger uniform lots. </p><p>They will bleed more close to the full moon. That is not hokey... or old wives tales... the best time to cut is when it is going from the 3rd quarter to the new moon. Even a vet told me that he followed that procedure because he had done alot of note taking and found that to be the best time... and I have heard that from alot of "old timers"... especially about cutting pigs... always do them on the waning moon... when the signs are going from the thighs down... less bleeding.</p><p>If you only have the one I would get a vet to do it if you are not comfortable doing it yourself. Worth the vet call rather than a dead animal.</p><p>And yes, definitely restrained in a head catch/chute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1805981, member: 25884"] All the reply's are from experienced cattlemen... I will say that I prefer to use a large bander... we use the callicrate, and we have had very very good experiences with it. No muss, no fuss and they are back to eating inside of an hour or less once it cuts off the circulation which causes the pain. No fly problems... we follow the recommendations for tetanus shots... We keep them around the barn lot for about a week and will run them through the chute to check and make sure they are cold so no circulation. Often we will cut it off below the band at a week or so, just because of not wanting them to smell in the heat. We buy alot of 450-700 wt bull calves to make up groups and sell in larger uniform lots. They will bleed more close to the full moon. That is not hokey... or old wives tales... the best time to cut is when it is going from the 3rd quarter to the new moon. Even a vet told me that he followed that procedure because he had done alot of note taking and found that to be the best time... and I have heard that from alot of "old timers"... especially about cutting pigs... always do them on the waning moon... when the signs are going from the thighs down... less bleeding. If you only have the one I would get a vet to do it if you are not comfortable doing it yourself. Worth the vet call rather than a dead animal. And yes, definitely restrained in a head catch/chute. [/QUOTE]
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