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<blockquote data-quote="Boot Jack Bulls" data-source="post: 1319518" data-attributes="member: 24016"><p>I have had success penning bulls together. They fight far less if they have enough room to get away from each other. It also is important that they not have to compete for food, water or shelter. One thing I always keep in mind when penning/pasturing bulls together is that it helps to have a boss man. There will be minor dust ups, but the dominate male will step in and break things up if it gets out of hand. Right now, I have 10 mature bulls all pastured together. They range in age from 3 to 6 /12. They have plenty of room and never have to shove to get to the bale ring or behind a wind break when it is shytty. Max is the oldest, biggest bull in the group and he puts up with no fooling around. He will watch for about 60 seconds, before he steps in and sends all offenders on their way. We also put a older (by a year or so) bull in the lots with developing young bulls to get them used to the drill. Again, the older bull keeps the peace and shows the youngins the ropes. </p><p></p><p>For the pen itself, we have given up and just gone to guard rail for our smaller bull pens. Not because they are intentionally hard on the fence, but they will rub and we sometimes get so much snow, the cattle are insulated from a hot fence. The mature bulls are pastured and the fence is just high tensile hot wire. The cows are not on the home farm when there is green grass, so the bulls have little reason to wander.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boot Jack Bulls, post: 1319518, member: 24016"] I have had success penning bulls together. They fight far less if they have enough room to get away from each other. It also is important that they not have to compete for food, water or shelter. One thing I always keep in mind when penning/pasturing bulls together is that it helps to have a boss man. There will be minor dust ups, but the dominate male will step in and break things up if it gets out of hand. Right now, I have 10 mature bulls all pastured together. They range in age from 3 to 6 /12. They have plenty of room and never have to shove to get to the bale ring or behind a wind break when it is shytty. Max is the oldest, biggest bull in the group and he puts up with no fooling around. He will watch for about 60 seconds, before he steps in and sends all offenders on their way. We also put a older (by a year or so) bull in the lots with developing young bulls to get them used to the drill. Again, the older bull keeps the peace and shows the youngins the ropes. For the pen itself, we have given up and just gone to guard rail for our smaller bull pens. Not because they are intentionally hard on the fence, but they will rub and we sometimes get so much snow, the cattle are insulated from a hot fence. The mature bulls are pastured and the fence is just high tensile hot wire. The cows are not on the home farm when there is green grass, so the bulls have little reason to wander. [/QUOTE]
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