Castrating calves

bealaha

just after castrating 40 dairy bull calves (fr & aa) today, born since jan,feb, mar, just wonder wat time of year do most of ye castrate bulls both suckler lads and dairy lads.

newfarmer2012

thats a good question bealaha, i have to start thinking about the same... some lads i spoke to use the bands.... not sure about em though... did you use em or get the vet?

bbam

We're planning to band some ourselves.
Haven't done it before nor have the bander yet.

newfarmer2012

yeah... ive been looking on the net etc.... there is a burdizzo here, but i could do more damage than good with that

mahoney_j

Casterated calves once and never again,Thrive dose suffer a bit.I leave them till early to mid october and then round up the da and a neighbour and the burdizzo.On another note dehorned 60 calves today,Been putting it off every week since mid feb

newfarmer2012

did the de-horning a week ago.... i have a young lad helping me out on Saturdays, hes pretty knowledgable actually.... im learning a few things from him. have the gas de-horner... works pretty good.

bbam

Are many banding, and at what age?

simx

bbam wrote: »

Are many banding, and at what age?

Am going to try a few of the calves later on, never before but a neighbour does it and said he would never.go back, was asking the vet and he said about 2 days old is when you do it

epfff

could rings for lambs tails be used for banding?
they work the same way

simx

epfff wrote: »

could rings for lambs tails be used for banding?
they work the same way

Think so

Farmer Pudsey

epfff wrote: »

could rings for lambs tails be used for banding?
they work the same way

Yes the can up to about 3 month approx I think. As long as you can get them over the scrotum and have the stones below the band they will work away. Some farmers do it to suckler calves while young and under the cow and think that calves will not go back that nuck.

However bulls will thrive better and should out preform bullocks. Buth the older they are the harder the casteration is on them

epfff

have my bulls picked and going casrterating rest today.
considering lambs rings as i have them here rather than burdzzo as i think the whole stones rotting is not good?
whats the oldest lambs rings can being used or is it just a size thing?
can bands be bought in any vet supplies?
how long untill bag falls off with ring?

fredweena

In the UK it's illegal to castrate with a ring after 1 week old, not sure what's the story here.

Massey10

epfff wrote: »

could rings for lambs tails be used for banding?
they work the same way

I use to use the rubber rings find the very handy .I would do them in the first week or two and it seemed to have no effect on the calf.

weekendfarmer

We used to do use lamb rings on all the calves when we were keeping them for the 30 months. (years ago)

bbam

Hummm..
The bander I had been looking at said up to 3-4 months old..

Do lads give a tetnus shot to calves being banded ??
I read somewhere it was recommended..

Viewtodiefor

mahoney_j wrote: »

Casterated calves once and never again,Thrive dose suffer a bit.I leave them till early to mid october and then round up the da and a neighbour and the burdizzo.On another note dehorned 60 calves today,Been putting it off every week since mid feb

I'm wit u on this one leave them till late as possible in my opinion, but depends what u want. Have lots to dehorn but puttin it off as they are scouring etc wit awhile waiting for them to settle. Jaysus ill have a pain in my arm after them they r growing by the minute!

mikeoh

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