[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

[Linda]

We've butchered three year old rams and the meat is still mild tasting. 
I don't generally band any of my ram lambs unless I have one that I want 
to keep as a fleece wether or a wether buddy. When I have the room, I 
prefer to raise ram lambs for our own use up to around 15 months.
Linda .

On 6/22/2012 8:05 PM, Christi Churchill wrote:

> If butchering is planned, wouldn't NOT banding him reduce the taste 

> quality of the meat?  Curious because we have one whose testicles did 

> not drop until he was 5 weeks old.  They have dropped now, but I'd 

> rather not band him as long as the meat will be OK.

>

> Christi

>

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Carl Fosbrink 

> <fourhornfarm at frontier.com <mailto:fourhornfarm at frontier.com>> wrote:

>

>     My question is what do you intend to do with this ram that you

>     think he needs his scrotum banded? Do you intend to keep him for

>     wool or have him butchered at a later date or sell him? Banding a

>     ram's scrotum at a year of age is a dig deal and would be costly

>     to have it done properly.

>


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