5% or less of the older rams have a bad smell.We don't do any castrating. I
butchered hundreds in age 4 to 5 and the only thing important, cut the fat
of the meat.I get for older ram hindquarter and back 12.90 a kg , not bad
and never had a complain.
Regards Helmut
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From: "Diane Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Question about banding ram lambs in later stagesof
growth
I've seen PHOTOS of cattle type banders...never have seen one in real
life.
My understanding is they use a strip of rubber-band material and the
applicator applies a 'staple' sort of thing making the strip a circular
band. The band is in essence custom made on the animal as it is applied.
Links to different brands
http://www.nobull.net/bander/SBhowtouse.html
http://www.castrator.com/how_to_castration.htm
I see this second one uses a band, but staples it, custom fitting it as
well.
They're pricey!! Lucky you have a friend with one!
I think it'd be better than having the vet cut them. I recently had the
vet do a mature ram... he is a good herder, so I wanted to keep him. I
drove him to the vet & everything, so that he could have a 'real' surgical
type procedure. Not sure what he got, but he was a bloody mess
(literally) when I went to pick him up. Seemed no different than the ram
I'd had cut at my barn... almost cruel.
Maybe I'm insane, but it seems that banding is not as bad as cutting. If
I'd had a friend with a cattle bander, I definately would've gone that
route.
Your mission is to be the guinea pig stock-owner & tell us how it worked
from your vantage point. We're counting on you.
;-)
Diane
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