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| Do you guys follow the farmer's almanac? Cut based on size? Behavior? |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | We cut them in the spring before the flies come around. Usually April here in WY and then they go out to pasture until we start them under saddle. |
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| We castrate for any number of reasons. Sometimes it's whenever both testicles have dropped, or behavior has changed and they're acting stupid, or if we were going to leave them a stud and change our minds a year later or so. We try to geld when the temps aren't too hot, like the other poster said, to control flies, but sometimes that's not an option and you just have to get it done. Then fly spray becomes our best friend. |
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Location: Mountains of VA | We just had this year's colt gelded on Nov. 18th. We always follow the Almanac for good castration and good weaning days for horses and sheep. |
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| Google castration of horses or weaning time ..
they have the same zodiac time to do it ..
I like spring time when temperatures are warming up and grass is turning green.
You want the moon sign to be going down into their legs ...
almost no bleeding or soreness ... keep them turned out to
walk around ...
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/best-days/farm-animals/castr...
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2017-12-07 11:04 PM
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| my vet recommends december because it is not hot........no flies...........less swelling for somereason
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| BARRELHORSE USA - 2017-12-07 9:02 PM
Google castration of horses or weaning time ..
they have the same zodiac time to do it ..
I like spring time when temperatures are warming up and grass is turning green.
You want the moon sign to be going down into their legs ...
almost no bleeding or soreness ... keep them turned out to
walk around ...
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/best-days/farm-animals/castr...
Most vets I know recommend you keep them stalled for the first 24 hours so they don’t run around and eviscerate through the incision and have their guts falling out. Then after 24 hours you can turn them out, and you actually should get out and work them ~15 minutes or so per day to keep the swelling down.
Personally, I would rather put my faith in a competent vet than the moon signs, but to each their own. |
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| madredepeanut - 2017-12-08 8:22 AM
BARRELHORSE USA - 2017-12-07 9:02 PM
Google castration of horses or weaning time ..
they have the same zodiac time to do it ..
I like spring time when temperatures are warming up and grass is turning green.
You want the moon sign to be going down into their legs ...
almost no bleeding or soreness ... keep them turned out to
walk around ...
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/best-days/farm-animals/castr...
Most vets I know recommend you keep them stalled for the first 24 hours so they don’t run around and eviscerate through the incision and have their guts falling out. Then after 24 hours you can turn them out, and you actually should get out and work them ~15 minutes or so per day to keep the swelling down.
Personally, I would rather put my faith in a competent vet than the moon signs, but to each their own.
My vet says turn them out so they do not swell and will drain well, preferably with a cranky broodmare. Have done this for the past 40 years. Always cut when the signs are right. Never have a problem. |
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When to cut coming yearling?