Bad experience ( BULL )

[JHH]

Well I had to tube a little bull calf tonight but that isn"t what has me shaken up. I hauled the little bloated bull calf from the house out to the farm to use the head gate to tube him and my herd bull came all undone. chased the truck and tractor . The herd bull had never been around the little bull, he has been at the house since he was born. Dont no why he came undone like that but I dont care ( HE GOES TO TOWN SAT IF I CAN GET HIM LOADED) I have a new bull coming in a couple of weeks anyway but was going to keep the old bull for heifers, Guess not now. JHH

 

[JHH]

Mayby I should switch to murry greys I have been told they are docile and easy handeling. Hum wonder where I keep hearing that at? Not meant to make anyone mad just starting to lighten up a little after my bull and I got into it. He still goes saturday if I can get him loaded. JHH

 

[Beefy]

i'm not sure i understand. were you hauling a bull calf in a trailer? if so does the bull normally associate the trailer with new cows. could that be why he got excited? how did he come unwound?

 

[Mahoney Pursley Ranch]

I pizzed off the whole herd one day messin with a new born calf,including the bull. Put me on top of an old burn pile in the pasture for bout an hour till they cooled down.

 

[JHH]

i'm not sure i understand. were you hauling a bull calf in a trailer? if so does the bull normally associate the trailer with new cows. could that be why he got excited? how did he come unwound?

I was hualing a little bull calf in the trailer ( bloated) out to put him in the head gate to tube him and my herd bull and cows all came up like they normally do when they hear me pull up in the truck. Well everthing was fine, all the cows and the herd bull were off just a little ways from us when I got done tubing the calf and put him back in the trailer. I had to move the tractor to get the truck into the corral and out of the corral so I left it running. When I pulled the truck out and by the herd bull he started chasing it and hitting the trailer, I didnt even close the gate to the pasture I just kept going till I got down the road about 100 feet then got out and went over to the tractor and was just going to shut it off and walk back to the truck, but the bull had other ideas, He chased me on the tractor till I got to the edge of the fence and I got off tractor and got in truck and came back later to close the pasture gate. Everthing was still in so all is ok for now. Just got a little spooked from bull. I no that he just smelled that little bull that he had never been around before, but he just went crazy and I dont thimk I need him around acting like that.

No I wouldnt think he would associate the trailer with new cows, Just calves leaving.

Ps the little bull calf never even made a noise the whole time we were out there. Mayby I just got scarre of him . But either way he goes to town sat if I can get him loaded. JHH

 

[msscamp]

Mayby I should switch to murry greys I have been told they are docile and easy handeling. Hum wonder where I keep hearing that at? Not meant to make anyone mad just starting to lighten up a little after my bull and I got into it. He still goes saturday if I can get him loaded. JHH

Gee, I just can't imagine where you might have heard that from! You didn't make me a bit mad, and I've got a sneaking suspicion that Springer Farms will feel the same way! :lol: :lol: :lol: Your member name area-thingy (yeah, I know - real technical term) doesn't say where you're from, but I'm thinking it won't be a terribly big problem finding a good Murray Grey bull for you! ;-)

 

[cypressfarms]

Your member name area-thingy (yeah, I know - real technical term)

I hate it when people don't put info in their area thingy.... ;-) ;-) ;-)

JHH, sounds like you got a nutcase on your hands. I still can't figure out why he was set off. You said the calf you were working on was a bull calf, so that can't be it. A full grown bull would't feel threatened by a calf.

Probably best he goes Saturday. You never know what may set him off again.

 

[fitz]

i'm not sure i understand. were you hauling a bull calf in a trailer? if so does the bull normally associate the trailer with new cows. could that be why he got excited? how did he come unwound?

Sorry for your luck JHH. That's my experience Beefy. When my Bull sees the trailer coming, he's thinking cows. Best to stay out of his way until he settles. I try & keep him gated out until any unloading is done. I guess I'd rather see him like that than to have him just walk away.

fitz

 

[Anonymous]

Mayby I should switch to murry greys I have been told they are docile and easy handeling. Hum wonder where I keep hearing that at? Not meant to make anyone mad just starting to lighten up a little after my bull and I got into it. He still goes saturday if I can get him loaded. JHH

You could always try a Shorty!

 

[warpaint]

Just a stab at this, if you feed with the tractor, the bull may have been expecting some chow. When he didn't get it he went bezerk. Still best to ship him in my opinion.

 

[JHH]

Just a stab at this, if you feed with the tractor, the bull may have been expecting some chow. When he didn't get it he went bezerk. Still best to ship him in my opinion.

I thought about that to but he always let me off the tractor to close the gate, and never really offered to take me like he did last night.

I had a little problem with him a while back also so it is time to go for him. I dont like having a bull like that around.

When I was younger we had a bull that sat on the other side of the pasture from the cows all the time and my dad said that we would have to get a different bull because that one was not any good and we wouldnt get any calves. 9 months later we started calving. That was the easy going kind of hereford that I want back. You had to coax him to get up with feed or he would just lay around. JHH

 

[Alan]

JHH,

Sorry for your mishap, sounds like shipping is the only way to go. I see Hereford in your avaitor (sp), was this a hereford bull that chased you?

Alan

 

[JHH]

JHH,

Sorry for your mishap, sounds like shipping is the only way to go. I see Hereford in your avaitor (sp), was this a hereford bull that chased you?

Alan

Yes he is

This is an old pic, I think he is 4 or 5 now would have to get out the reg papers to know for sure.

 

[Alan]

A while back a posted a question about "bull starting to challenge me". The conclusion I recieved was the my bull was now 4 and get smart enough to start getting stupid. While mine is not challenging me anymore, I still watch him very close when I'm in his pasture, as soon as he covers the herd this year he's gone. I think his problem is he matured, I'm going AI next year. Mine is also a Hereford, but I don't think breed has anything to do with it.

Good luck,
Alan