2nd bull a problem?

[BK9954]

I have some heifers seperated off in a side pasture. I run my bull with the rest of the cows in the rest of the ranch. Thinking about bringing in a low birth weight bull in that pasture for about 3 months to breed the heifers instead of AI. Never had 2 breeding bulls on the property at the same time. Is this a recipe for trouble? They will be seperated by 2 gates but they are only about 10 foot apart. They will be close enough to see the other bull breeding the heifers.

 

[JMJ Farms]

I've never had a problem unless one was an Angus. They like to dig and snort and beller worse than any of the others I've had personally. Had a LimFlex that would tear down fences at times. But remember a LimFlex is part what?.... Angus. But all jokes aside it probably depends on the particular bull.

 

[Nesikep]

If there aren't any cows in heat when they're on different sides of the fence, they'll be fine.. if you can plan your pasture rotation so that for the first 40 days of the breeding season they're better separated, it would probably work alright.

I have 2 bulls and that's what I do for the first 2 months, after that they get put back together, they fight it out once and it's settled for the year.. By this time of year they're best buds again.

 

[BK9954]

If there aren't any cows in heat when they're on different sides of the fence, they'll be fine.. if you can plan your pasture rotation so that for the first 40 days of the breeding season they're better separated, it would probably work alright.

I have 2 bulls and that's what I do for the first 2 months, after that they get put back together, they fight it out once and it's settled for the year.. By this time of year they're best buds again.

they will both have heifers and cows to breed at the same time. In seperate pastures always. One is a big Brangus and one would be a small jersey. Bringing a jersey for the heifers again. Ornery but cheap and they spit out some small calves. I just dont want them getting together and my Brangus getting hurt with the jerseys horns. The Jersey I am not so much woried about. He would be at the auction as soon as the heifers are bred. If he gets hurt I will have a freezer full of jersey beef.

 

[dun]

Friends of ours do a similar. They've done it for years and have a very, very hot multi-strand hot wire on each pasture at the sides that face each other across a road/driveway

 

[TCRanch]

Our bulls are Angus, our neighbors bulls are ????? but they're black. Yup, they paw, snort & make a scene but the only problems we've had is with one of the neighbor bulls coming into our pasture before they added 2 strands of hot wire. We generally have an older bull & 1 or 2 younger bulls; the younger bulls rarely challenge the older bull. I wouldn't anticipate a problem in your situation unless one of them is a jumper.

 

[riquezada]

We have Bulls on 2 sides of us. After putting up a hot wire on the 8 strand barbed wire fence we never had a problem since. I also use a Jersey bull a lot on the heifers and then he's gone. This time I'm using a Jersey-Angus cross for the heifers. The half Jersey calves from the heifers are really small and grow slow but I guess a live calf is better than none. I've kept a few of those Jersey crossed over the years as cows bred to Charolais and those calves brought as much as the rest.

 

[Ky hills]

I have bulls next to each other, I prefer young ones, or at least having a young bull next to an older one. On a side note I try to keep them at least a field away from neighbors bulls, if my bulls get in with each other, it's nothing but a little more work, but if they get with other herds it can be a plum mess.
As far as certain breeds causing more trouble, I will say that they are all bulls. I have noticed that the Angus I have had have been rowdier at an earlier age than the Charolais or Hereford bulls I used to have. Had a Charolais that didn't try to get out until 4-5 years old, and had a Hereford that when he hit 3, would stand at the fence and beller to get the neighbor's Charolais bull to come fight with him. Had a year old Angus bull this year, that bellered around and got my 2 yr old Angus so worked up that he wouldn't stay in his field, so now both of those bulls are gone,
I would also advise caution with a Jersey bull, they can be extremely aggressive at an early age. I would recommend a low birthweight Angus bull that seems to have a good disposition.

 

[creekdrive]

I would think you should be okay. If they can't reach over the fence and touch noses that helps a lot. A hot wire on the side that they are most likely to go through to get to the other one would be added security if it's an option.

 

[angus9259]

I do what you are asking about. Keep the fence hot and I don't have a problem. Usually I will put one hot strand up temporarily across the gates. I have had them go through a gate that doesn't have a hot wire.

 

[gizmom]

We run three Bulls, most times in pastures right next to each other. As long as you have a good strong hot wire between them you should be fine. It has worked well for 15 years with one exception, we used a yearling bull on heifers last year that if one was in heat it didn't matter he would go through it. We had to move his group a couple pastures away from the other cows. Once the heifers started cycling he settled down but that first week I was ready to shoot him.

Gizmom