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<blockquote data-quote="bandit80" data-source="post: 814606" data-attributes="member: 7956"><p>+1 here. I believe it is good practice to make sure a bull knows what to do. If you only have one bull with your cows, better be sure he knows how to use his equipment. </p><p></p><p>I leased a bull to a neighbor 10 years ago or so and had a bad situation. Bull was 6 years old, and neighbor put him in with 28 cows. Should not have been a problem for him to cover. After bringing my bull home he went backwards on his condition very rapidly. We though he had picked up some hardware possibly. 3 months later when we had him semen checked for spring turnout, no good. When my neighbor pregged his cows, he had 11 open cows. I gave him back his money for the 11 open cows to keep the peace, and I felt it was the right thing to do. To this day, I believe something happened to my bull while at the neighbors place. Either he got a disease, injury, etc and that is what caused his and my problem. </p><p></p><p>Long story short, I don't like bull lease arrangements because of all the unknown factors. It is important to have everything on the table on both sides of the aggreement.</p><p></p><p>As to what you should do now, I think the owner of the bull should give you your money back, but no guarantees he will, and I doubt there is anything you can do to make him do it. Probably will just be chalked up as another lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bandit80, post: 814606, member: 7956"] +1 here. I believe it is good practice to make sure a bull knows what to do. If you only have one bull with your cows, better be sure he knows how to use his equipment. I leased a bull to a neighbor 10 years ago or so and had a bad situation. Bull was 6 years old, and neighbor put him in with 28 cows. Should not have been a problem for him to cover. After bringing my bull home he went backwards on his condition very rapidly. We though he had picked up some hardware possibly. 3 months later when we had him semen checked for spring turnout, no good. When my neighbor pregged his cows, he had 11 open cows. I gave him back his money for the 11 open cows to keep the peace, and I felt it was the right thing to do. To this day, I believe something happened to my bull while at the neighbors place. Either he got a disease, injury, etc and that is what caused his and my problem. Long story short, I don't like bull lease arrangements because of all the unknown factors. It is important to have everything on the table on both sides of the aggreement. As to what you should do now, I think the owner of the bull should give you your money back, but no guarantees he will, and I doubt there is anything you can do to make him do it. Probably will just be chalked up as another lesson. [/QUOTE]
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