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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 172850" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>GENERALLY, a 5 strand electric fence should keep your cows in & neighbors cattle out.</p><p>But, part of the reason everyone is so skeptical is that you said the neighbors bull/cattle already has been on your place. Did they go thru their fence AND yours also??? Or were they in your yard & your fence kept them out of your pastures?</p><p>I have a bull that 1 strand will keep him in. But, if he is right next to females that could cycle, and he can put his chin on their butt over the fence, I guarantee you he will totally forget about the fence & WILL mount that cow. So I just put up a 1 strand temp fence 5 feet away and that's all I need. But every animal is DIFFERENT.</p><p>Electric fence is USUALLY all that is needed, but again, there has to be a "buffer zone" maintained between breeds. If your neighbors fence is not good enough to keep his bull in and he can get right up next to your females - not much can keep most animals apart.</p><p>Females need to be about 14 months old prior to breeding, and bulls are usually able to breed by the same age. BUT, Highland cattle mature much slower. I don't think they breed heifers until they are 2 years old, so I would ASSUME a HL bull will also be slow developing sexually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 172850, member: 968"] GENERALLY, a 5 strand electric fence should keep your cows in & neighbors cattle out. But, part of the reason everyone is so skeptical is that you said the neighbors bull/cattle already has been on your place. Did they go thru their fence AND yours also??? Or were they in your yard & your fence kept them out of your pastures? I have a bull that 1 strand will keep him in. But, if he is right next to females that could cycle, and he can put his chin on their butt over the fence, I guarantee you he will totally forget about the fence & WILL mount that cow. So I just put up a 1 strand temp fence 5 feet away and that's all I need. But every animal is DIFFERENT. Electric fence is USUALLY all that is needed, but again, there has to be a "buffer zone" maintained between breeds. If your neighbors fence is not good enough to keep his bull in and he can get right up next to your females - not much can keep most animals apart. Females need to be about 14 months old prior to breeding, and bulls are usually able to breed by the same age. BUT, Highland cattle mature much slower. I don't think they breed heifers until they are 2 years old, so I would ASSUME a HL bull will also be slow developing sexually. [/QUOTE]
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