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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 397292" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Well not necessarily. <u>If</u> you can find a market that will buy young bulls for slaughter without discounting them, and that market is relatively consistent, then a person may make the choice not to castrate - saving costs in labour, time and materials. However, in this situation, a person would need to separate the bull calves from heifers around about 4 months (different according to breed, obviously, but this is when ours generally begin to cycle) so that nothing gets unintentionally bred. This may be before or after weaning, again depending on the breed. It can be a pain if you have to do it before weaning, but its a little more manageable if it comes after weaning. In this situation the producer would also need to ensure good facilities, to deal with a mob of young bulls. </p><p></p><p>The normal practice is to castrate, with the reasons as msscamp said. I just thought I would give you a different view, to show that not all operations require routine castration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 397292, member: 3195"] Well not necessarily. [u]If[/u] you can find a market that will buy young bulls for slaughter without discounting them, and that market is relatively consistent, then a person may make the choice not to castrate - saving costs in labour, time and materials. However, in this situation, a person would need to separate the bull calves from heifers around about 4 months (different according to breed, obviously, but this is when ours generally begin to cycle) so that nothing gets unintentionally bred. This may be before or after weaning, again depending on the breed. It can be a pain if you have to do it before weaning, but its a little more manageable if it comes after weaning. In this situation the producer would also need to ensure good facilities, to deal with a mob of young bulls. The normal practice is to castrate, with the reasons as msscamp said. I just thought I would give you a different view, to show that not all operations require routine castration. [/QUOTE]
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