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<blockquote data-quote="Hippie Rancher" data-source="post: 516949" data-attributes="member: 4203"><p>I don't do two cuts, I cut the bottom 1/3 or so of the scrotum off then pull the testicles out. If they are large I will kind of pinch the cords tight and run that hand back and forth a bit before really pulling but for little ones they come right out - you can do both at the same time with one hand. On really big older calves that don't feel like they are going pull (thick cord or just huge testicles - longhorns are really bad) I will kind of scrape the cord with the blade rather than make a clean cut.</p><p></p><p>On the bigger ones if you are doing one at a time often the second one will rise back into the body - you can usually press on the flank area and it will come back out. Best way is to get somebody to show you, but I figured it out on my own (I'm a female so when I was a kid my jobs were vaccinating and branding - none of those men were going to show me how to castrate. :lol2: </p><p></p><p>I use disposable scalpel blades in a metal handle. Number 12's in a number 3 handle if I recall correctly. Sharp knife is just as good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippie Rancher, post: 516949, member: 4203"] I don't do two cuts, I cut the bottom 1/3 or so of the scrotum off then pull the testicles out. If they are large I will kind of pinch the cords tight and run that hand back and forth a bit before really pulling but for little ones they come right out - you can do both at the same time with one hand. On really big older calves that don't feel like they are going pull (thick cord or just huge testicles - longhorns are really bad) I will kind of scrape the cord with the blade rather than make a clean cut. On the bigger ones if you are doing one at a time often the second one will rise back into the body - you can usually press on the flank area and it will come back out. Best way is to get somebody to show you, but I figured it out on my own (I'm a female so when I was a kid my jobs were vaccinating and branding - none of those men were going to show me how to castrate. :lol2: I use disposable scalpel blades in a metal handle. Number 12's in a number 3 handle if I recall correctly. Sharp knife is just as good. [/QUOTE]
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