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Castrating calves alone?
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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 755544" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>I band by myself at 3 to 7 days of age wherever I can catch the calves in the pasture. I cannot lasso very well but at this age it is not much of a problem to slip up on the calf and toss the lasso a few feet. Once the calf gets over its jumping about and exhausted I place my foot on the rope and grasp a front and rear elg on one side and pick the calf up and then drop it a short distance onto its back. This jolt seems to confuse the calf and often it will hardly move. While in this state of confusion I place the band, count to two and remove the banding tool. Then ear tag. That is when the calf raises cane. My ear tag tool is spring retracting and that helps get control of the ear tag tool with the calf jumping about and me trying to remove the lasso from its neck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 755544, member: 8973"] I band by myself at 3 to 7 days of age wherever I can catch the calves in the pasture. I cannot lasso very well but at this age it is not much of a problem to slip up on the calf and toss the lasso a few feet. Once the calf gets over its jumping about and exhausted I place my foot on the rope and grasp a front and rear elg on one side and pick the calf up and then drop it a short distance onto its back. This jolt seems to confuse the calf and often it will hardly move. While in this state of confusion I place the band, count to two and remove the banding tool. Then ear tag. That is when the calf raises cane. My ear tag tool is spring retracting and that helps get control of the ear tag tool with the calf jumping about and me trying to remove the lasso from its neck. [/QUOTE]
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