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Castration - At birth verus 4-5 month of age
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 611412" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>With spring calving and November weaning in the north, cutting bull calves in midsummer during the regular summer vet visit and workup makes sense. I'm not a fan of bands right after birth - just personal preference. I also agree that banding older calves can have mixed results.</p><p></p><p>In addition to being simpler to do castration along with the summer shots and worming, cutting in the summer is a one-time positive method and lets them heal under much better weather and pasture conditions than if cut at November weaning in WI.</p><p></p><p>I try to have all of my cattle in the corral as part of their regular routine so getting them in is not a big deal. Sometimes when I have them in the corral for a bit of occasional grain I close the gates and leave them there with their only way out through the tub, alley and open squeeze chute (headgate wired open). </p><p></p><p>They get so they look at the chute as the way out and back to the pasture. In fact they are so comfortable in the tub and chute it can make it tougher to sort them - they ALL want to get in the tub at the same time.</p><p></p><p>There are many ways of looking at things. Keeps life interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 611412, member: 7509"] With spring calving and November weaning in the north, cutting bull calves in midsummer during the regular summer vet visit and workup makes sense. I'm not a fan of bands right after birth - just personal preference. I also agree that banding older calves can have mixed results. In addition to being simpler to do castration along with the summer shots and worming, cutting in the summer is a one-time positive method and lets them heal under much better weather and pasture conditions than if cut at November weaning in WI. I try to have all of my cattle in the corral as part of their regular routine so getting them in is not a big deal. Sometimes when I have them in the corral for a bit of occasional grain I close the gates and leave them there with their only way out through the tub, alley and open squeeze chute (headgate wired open). They get so they look at the chute as the way out and back to the pasture. In fact they are so comfortable in the tub and chute it can make it tougher to sort them - they ALL want to get in the tub at the same time. There are many ways of looking at things. Keeps life interesting. [/QUOTE]
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