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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 48219" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>I think its Burdizzo. We usually castrate around 5-6 months. We just use a scalpel and cut them. I banded a couple this spring just to see what the difference would be. I think I'll continue to cut them at 5-6 months because the ones I banded look noticeably smaller than the ones I left intact. Could be poor calves to start with but one of them should be bigger according to how that cow has calved in the past. I do think that there is some dockage even when you cut them late, just because they don't look quite so clean as ones that are done young. When they come back with little notes saying male calf instaed of steer, you kinda know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 48219, member: 245"] I think its Burdizzo. We usually castrate around 5-6 months. We just use a scalpel and cut them. I banded a couple this spring just to see what the difference would be. I think I'll continue to cut them at 5-6 months because the ones I banded look noticeably smaller than the ones I left intact. Could be poor calves to start with but one of them should be bigger according to how that cow has calved in the past. I do think that there is some dockage even when you cut them late, just because they don't look quite so clean as ones that are done young. When they come back with little notes saying male calf instaed of steer, you kinda know. [/QUOTE]
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