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RoaniePonie11 Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2017-12-06 4:02 PM Subject: When to cut coming yearling?
Expert Posts: 2685	Do you guys follow the farmer's almanac? Cut based on size? Behavior?
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wyoming barrel racer Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2017-12-06 4:12 PM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
Neat Freak Posts: 11216 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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madredepeanut Reg. Aug 2017	Posted 2017-12-06 4:19 PM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
	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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hotpaints Reg. Feb 2007	Posted 2017-12-06 5:02 PM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
Elite Veteran Posts: 898 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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BARRELHORSE USA Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2017-12-07 11:02 PM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
	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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scared of sharks Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2017-12-08 1:06 AM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
Elite Veteran Posts: 1056	my vet recommends december because it is not hot........no flies...........less swelling for somereason
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madredepeanut Reg. Aug 2017	Posted 2017-12-08 8:22 AM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
	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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streakysox Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2017-12-08 1:32 PM Subject: RE: When to cut coming yearling?
Take a Picture Posts: 12841	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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