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Castrating calves

  • 30-09-2017 10:33am
    #1
    johnnyw20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 205 ✭✭


    Just looking for people's opinions here. I've 6 bottle reared bull calves that are turning 6 months old. I'm caught in 2 minds if I'll castrate them or not. Would they make bull beef at 16 months or is that too specialised and risky?

    If I do castrate them, when do people normally do it? They will be done my squeezing them

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,808 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    If you are doing it, do it before cold weather and housing.


  • #3
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    johnnyw20 wrote: »
    Just looking for people's opinions here. I've 6 bottle reared bull calves that are turning 6 months old. I'm caught in 2 minds if I'll castrate them or not. Would they make bull beef at 16 months or is that too specialised and risky?

    If I do castrate them, when do people normally do it? They will be done my squeezing them

    Thanks
    Squeeze them now. They wont make bull beef


  • #4
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Water John wrote: »
    If you are doing it, do it before cold weather and housing.
    Surely if you use a burdizzo you can do them any time of the year?


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