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Even though you can geld a colt a few months after being born, it is a good idea to geld them around two or three years old to prevent the horse from mounting horses in the pasture. This is also a good idea because this is the age where colts begin to get aggressive around mares and gelding the colt will prevent this. Waiting anywhere after five years old is probably a bad idea.

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It is best to casterate a horse before it becomes 2 years old but over 1 year old. A male animal is castrated or neutered when his testicles are surgically removed to prevent the animal from fathering young and/or to decrease the amount of testosterone in the animal. A female animal is spayed when her uterus and ovaries are surgically removed.

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It is best to geld a stud in the first year. It will make a better gelding and not be proud cut. That is a term for a horse that has reached adulthood and been gelded. A stud can be gelded at any age.

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It is possible to geld a stud colt shortly after birth but that is not popular nor recommended. Normally, colts are gelded between 6 months and 2 years of age. Some stud colts will begin showing stallion traits at an early age (6 - 8 months old) and begin harassing mares or generally making a nuisance of themselves, while other horses may not show any signs of wanting to mate until 2 years old. It's basically a personal choice that depends on your philosophy regarding horse care and training, what you want out of your horse, the individual horses physical and emotional condition, the laws of your state or rules of your boarding facility (if they're boarded), etc.

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Sheep are rarely castrated by surgical means. Instead, a tight rubber ring is fastened around the scrotum and the testicles. The ring cuts off blood to the testicles and lower scrotum, which die and fall off.

This must be done before 7 days of age.

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Around the first year as long as he has dropped.

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About two months old (which means 20 pounds butchered) is quite good. Such a piece of meat will feed 20 people (About a pound of meat per person, minus bones.)

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