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cost effectiveness of castrating?
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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 421942" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>At our sale barn, the males get docked. Alot. Please don't ask me how much but i know they go cheap.</p><p>We use the band right after birth. 6 hrs to 1.5 days old. We find it easier on the calves and on us.</p><p>but this year two go by me. I say me because i do the barn work, husband feeds the cows and beds down. One calf I could not get the second nut down no matter how hard i tried. It seemed like there was room for only one in the "neck" of the sack. got the husband to help and he had the same problem. We tried several times until he was two - three weeks old and could not get it. At 3 months we were going to get a guy who does cutting well to come in but he couldn't. We don't know how and in all honestly we are willing to pay him 5 dollars a head to cut a bull. So he will get done when we booster, still on the momma, with no flies. We hope he will not loose to much weight doing it that way.</p><p>The second guy i either missed him as a bull or the ring fell off or broke. Noticed he was still attached and well...he'll get done at the same time as the other one.</p><p>Always count 2 before i release the ringer, and then count again when the tool is off.</p><p>I hope they do not loose to much weight cutting them. Never had to do this before.</p><p>We've had the guy cut a home grown "possible" bull but never a calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 421942, member: 6198"] At our sale barn, the males get docked. Alot. Please don't ask me how much but i know they go cheap. We use the band right after birth. 6 hrs to 1.5 days old. We find it easier on the calves and on us. but this year two go by me. I say me because i do the barn work, husband feeds the cows and beds down. One calf I could not get the second nut down no matter how hard i tried. It seemed like there was room for only one in the "neck" of the sack. got the husband to help and he had the same problem. We tried several times until he was two - three weeks old and could not get it. At 3 months we were going to get a guy who does cutting well to come in but he couldn't. We don't know how and in all honestly we are willing to pay him 5 dollars a head to cut a bull. So he will get done when we booster, still on the momma, with no flies. We hope he will not loose to much weight doing it that way. The second guy i either missed him as a bull or the ring fell off or broke. Noticed he was still attached and well...he'll get done at the same time as the other one. Always count 2 before i release the ringer, and then count again when the tool is off. I hope they do not loose to much weight cutting them. Never had to do this before. We've had the guy cut a home grown "possible" bull but never a calf. [/QUOTE]
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