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Castration - At birth verus 4-5 month of age
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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowhereford II" data-source="post: 611159" data-attributes="member: 7439"><p>Some friends use the emasculator clamp with good success. To my knowledge, they've never had a problem in a number of years that they've been doing it. It's bloodless, and I don't think there is stink involved at all. They raise purebred cattle, and at birth you don't know who stays intact and who doesn't. I usually butcher my culls, and don't bother with it. When you are butchering at about a year, it isn't going to hurt beef quality at all, IMO.</p><p></p><p>The lion's share of research that I've seen does indicate that there is a growth advantage to leaving them intact. If I understand correctly, there is considered to be a 5% difference between bulls and steers, and another 5% between steers and heifers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowhereford II, post: 611159, member: 7439"] Some friends use the emasculator clamp with good success. To my knowledge, they've never had a problem in a number of years that they've been doing it. It's bloodless, and I don't think there is stink involved at all. They raise purebred cattle, and at birth you don't know who stays intact and who doesn't. I usually butcher my culls, and don't bother with it. When you are butchering at about a year, it isn't going to hurt beef quality at all, IMO. The lion's share of research that I've seen does indicate that there is a growth advantage to leaving them intact. If I understand correctly, there is considered to be a 5% difference between bulls and steers, and another 5% between steers and heifers. [/QUOTE]
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