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Ooooh...see now I'm one of those more interested in castration photos.Oh... and I was going to share CUTE photos...not castration photos.
How big are the kids? I don't even think about doing lambs until they're a month old. Slippery, little suckers. Can't get a hold of them before that.
Quote: for horses it involves
split the sack let the glands drop and shred the connections with the knife.... Dont cut anything straight across except the skin... Weight of the skin and fat will seal off the cuts.... course everything as sterile as possilbe. There is also a tool to crush the connections ... again to keep the wound from bleeding.
With horses they have to be hosed with cold water and longed a couple of times a day while the swelling goes away. takes about a week.
No stitching only an antibiotic shot. Of course I am going on info from the last time I had a horse gelded.... about 35 years ago.
Sheep guys just split and bite em off.
deb
Are you referring to burdizzos? I'm not certain about horses, the vet did mine... but you have to know to crush only the cords and not the whole sac.
I haven't done the actual deed but I've seen it done incorrectly on a lamb. Whole sac falls off.
Sheep guys split and bite them off???
SO glad I'm a sheep woman!
Split the testicles? Say whaaat? I've never done it that way. Interesting.
For lambs I cut the bottom third of the sac off. (The guys love that one)
I pop one testicle out, use the scalpel or fingers to split the membrane covering the testicle so it slides off and pull out the testicle gently yet firmly.
Cord lets go with a crack. (The guys go white)
And voila! Pop the second testicle out and repeat the steps.
For calves it was slice down the outside to the bottom so it drains well, pop it out, shred the connections as you mentioned, and repeat the other side.
Our employer wanted it done that way. I'm glad DH rings the calves now. One less thing for me.
But personally I think the way I do the lambs is the best way and least painful, even over ringing.
I've done it before dinner and seen them jumping and playing by afternoon.
lilwildrabbit
Songster
I'm on a fixed budget lol sounds good to me
Sounds good. What are you going to grow this year?
@perchie.girl and @Wickedchicken6
Great pointers.
Kid #2 has offered to "get er done".
From what I have read it does sound like the slitting method is better and less painful than banding.
Good to hear that you usually do the lambs at about a month.... in that case I think we will wait a week.
Deb, I too have heard that some bite them out!
We are most certainly going to skip that option!!
Great pointers.
Kid #2 has offered to "get er done".
From what I have read it does sound like the slitting method is better and less painful than banding.
Good to hear that you usually do the lambs at about a month.... in that case I think we will wait a week.
Deb, I too have heard that some bite them out!
We are most certainly going to skip that option!!
Quote: okay I lied was able to get them tonight had to close them in after we
found two running loose one in blackberries across the street the other
was on the other side of property and had come back to the coop trying
we use 3 inch pvc I have 20 give or take a few hens eating from 4
to get home after snow played catch me again
maddysmamaw
Crowing
I love mine.
Zero feed wasted, can sit outside, can hold 125 pounds of feed, EASY fill!
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