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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1548770" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>JMJ; what are you going to use to band with? We use the callicrate bander. It says to give a tetanus TOXOID shot when banding. That is what we do. Have banded bulls from 200 to 700 lbs with it. When we are doing smaller ones, don't normally give them tetanus except in the blackleg vaccine combination. But we have never had a problem, we do like Gizmom does. We will make sure a calf gets tetanus if he is more than a couple of weeks old. IT IS CHEAP INSURANCE. If you have them in to band then it's no big deal to give a shot. We have never used the antitoxin shot in the cattle, but use only that in the sheep. </p><p></p><p>One thing, we always band when the sign is in the waning full moon. It is in the "thighs" I think. Blood runs higher coming up to the full moon; proven with people, animals, etc.... so we do it after the full moon going down to the last quarter to the new moon. Gives you about 2 weeks to do it, as long as it is after the full moon going away....Also do any dehorning then, and have been dubbing the purebred old english game bantam males then, for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1548770, member: 25884"] JMJ; what are you going to use to band with? We use the callicrate bander. It says to give a tetanus TOXOID shot when banding. That is what we do. Have banded bulls from 200 to 700 lbs with it. When we are doing smaller ones, don't normally give them tetanus except in the blackleg vaccine combination. But we have never had a problem, we do like Gizmom does. We will make sure a calf gets tetanus if he is more than a couple of weeks old. IT IS CHEAP INSURANCE. If you have them in to band then it's no big deal to give a shot. We have never used the antitoxin shot in the cattle, but use only that in the sheep. One thing, we always band when the sign is in the waning full moon. It is in the "thighs" I think. Blood runs higher coming up to the full moon; proven with people, animals, etc.... so we do it after the full moon going down to the last quarter to the new moon. Gives you about 2 weeks to do it, as long as it is after the full moon going away....Also do any dehorning then, and have been dubbing the purebred old english game bantam males then, for years. [/QUOTE]
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