Sorry Michelle if I misled you.


Yes you have to have them done by the vet at that age, I think the
legal age for them to be castrated without vetinary attention is
somewhere around the 7-8 weeks mark in the UK at the latest. I
haven't lived in the UK for many years now but it was under review I
think sometime in the 1980's when I left there?

I think the method of Banding them is still allowed? but this had to
be done within a matter of a couple of weeks maybe 2 at the most, I'd
have to look that up now to see if I'm up to date with the UK
practices. I'm sure it is?



cheers
John...


--- In smallholding@..., Mic Rushen <mic@v...> wrote:
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> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:06:17 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >Whenever I've had male kids I do them at around 14-15 weeks and
then
> >you can either kill out as kids or save until you get a larger
animal
> >the only problem we have here in Ireland is finding a registered
> >slaughterer who will do goats.
>
> Do them as in castrate them? If so, I assume you have it done
> surgically at that age?
>
> Our local slaughterhouse wil take goats quite happily, and a local
> butcher is happy to cut them up. Slaughter and butchering costs a
> grand total of £18, not too bad I think.
>
> Mic
>
>
> Mic (Michelle) Rushen
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