Author Topic: Castrating Rams  (Read 24437 times)

Corrie Dhu

  • Joined Jul 2011
Re: Castrating Rams
« Reply #30 on: October 10, 2011, 09:43:32 pm »
Vasectomising is much more expensive and for best results you should use a proven ram.  Also they wouldn't be recovered in time for this year.

humphreymctush

  • Joined Jul 2010
  • orkney
Re: Castrating Rams
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2011, 09:34:21 am »
JMy advice would be to grow them on until Feb and then put them in the sale as cast rams. You should get a good price at that time of year.

feldar

  • Joined Apr 2011
  • lymington hampshire
Re: Castrating Rams
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2011, 11:27:50 am »
We vasectomised a couple of ram lambs and never had a problem with them.
They tightened our lambing times up and we can keep them together no problem. I have had a couple of people ask me where they could get teasers this year so it might be worth moving them on this way and at Wilton sheep fair a couple of years ago a teaser made as much as a shearling ram! more than paid for himself. Big farms still use teasers but i'm not sure if a ryeland would get bullied; i wouldn't think so but dont know much about their temperament.
It may be worth a try, just be sure they are left the allotted time for the old sperm to break down

 

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