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How hard is it to band, and or castrate with a knife on young bull calves?
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Dusty Britches":3cn4vk3b said:both are very easy, once you restrain the calf. I can cut just as fast as I can band. I prefer to cut because there is no doubt that he is castrated. And, the buyers at the sale barn know for sure, too.
btw - I see the buyers at the sale barn as my customer. If they prefer one thing, then it is my job to give them what they want. Our buyers prefer knife castrated, polled, good conditioned, calm, weaned calves. Well, 4 out of 5 ain't bad.
Family Tradition":398viykw said:The only thing my Father always like to see was not to use a sharp knife. He would cut tip of the bag off pull down a testicle strip down the cord and use a up and down shaving motion to cut through the cord not just a straight whack. This severs the cord so it is in small strands and heals back quicker. Watched him do it lot on ranches in West Texas. I don't know if makes any difference but that's the way I was taught. I was always on the head or streching em out.
Howdyjabo":2su0zwl9 said:I might be wrong-- but I don't think a testicle can "slip back" through a properly placed band.
GMN":3no26uxj said:How hard is it to band, and or castrate with a knife on young bull calves?
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Family Tradition":l8yykhc2 said:The only thing my Father always like to see was not to use a sharp knife. He would cut tip of the bag off pull down a testicle strip down the cord and use a up and down shaving motion to cut through the cord not just a straight whack. This severs the cord so it is in small strands and heals back quicker. Watched him do it lot on ranches in West Texas. I don't know if makes any difference but that's the way I was taught. I was always on the head or streching em out.
toby":3up18ggp said:My daddy, grand-daddy and most of the other old cowboys I grew up around always said that the cruelest thing in the world was a dull knife at branding (castrating) time.Z
cowspider":3qnz2u6d said:I read an article a few years ago about banding just the bag and pushing the testicles up into the body cavity. it was suppose to make them grow faster but make them sterile.
Any one use this method before and does it work??