Merry X-Mas to all.
So here we are 2 weeks later and after building a large panel corral for the Cow/Calf in which the calf can run around, this morning all the rest of the herd were in another pasture. I closed that gate and allowed the momma and calf out of the corral and into the small pasture to eat/run around.
After a bit, the calf decided to hop through the barb wire separating the pastures (4 lines instead of 5) and I go in to try and grab her. Of course, the bull goes straight for the momma, who turns and flees, kicking at the bull. Chase is on, blah, blah, blah and I finally was able to grab up the calf and get her and momma back in the corral.
So the big question now is, since the bull obviously still wants to mount the momma, I would assume she is still in heat. But how can that be? I thought they only stay in heat for a very short time, no? We are talking about this bull trying to get at the cow for a solid 2 weeks. They all got along just fine until the calf came.
I can't ship the bull until Jan 4th as the yards are closed until then. I really don't like the idea of keeping them locked up for another almost 2 weeks as the calf is not going to know boundries and the herd may treat the cow and/or calf as outcasts.
Any ideas?