The best age for castration of male goat is

🦌 Key Points
→ Male goats are raised mainly for meat and not for breeding.
→ Males are castrated with an emasculator or torsion forceps.
→ The best time for castrating bucks is at six months old with the Burdizzo instrument.
→ Castration avoids all risks of infection.
→ Castration improves the flesh of the adult buck.
→ A castrated male is called a wether.