Growth of lambs

[incubatorchick]

Does keeping a male lamb intact make them grow any bigger or quicker than castrated lambs? I plan to take some to the locker this fall for meat and did not know if keeping them intact or castrating would make them grow bigger.

 

[cassie]

It probably does. I know from personal experience that intact bull calves grow faster than steer calves. The same is probably true for lambs.