Move my cows yesterday to a larger just fenced 23 acre field. Some wooded area and spring thru the woods. Grass around the edges and peanut hay and peanuts some on the ground. Bull across the road (dirt) road. In less than 30 minutes he had jump the fence and was found grazing beside them on the outside the fence. I herded him into a smaller pasture and close him up. In less than 30 minutes he had jump another fence. I was leaving for the evening when I saw him out so I herded him in with the pg cows. Now my problem comes to light, how am I going to load him to move him out to sale barn. I have no catch pen in the 23 acres and no cross fence yet. Any ideas? He is with 8 head of cows at the moment.
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kenny thomas
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Is it your bull?
How are you going to catch the cows if you need to?
How are you going to catch the cows if you need to?
aprille218
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Was he by himself at first? When are the cows due?
slick4591
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Park the trailer in the pasture and start feeding on the inside.
I have loaded mine a few times from the road when its been muddy. If he is somewhat gentle, drop a few cubes on the back edge of the trailer and a trail up to a pile up in the trailer itself about midway. Go sit in the truck and read the paper or something. You will feel him climb in. Quietly get out and shut the gate.
sim.-ang.king
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slick4591 said:
There are some bulls that will load in a good smelly trailer on their own.
If your trailer has a cut gate in load a tame cow or heifer in the front with some hay, and wait for the bull to come investigate.
aprille218 said:
Cows are due Apx 3 months. He was with them until I caught him sucking a cow two different times. I moved him to another small pasture (1/2 acre) and he has been in that pasture for 2 weeks or more. Trouble started when I move the cows and he could see them across the road. He jumped the fence moved him where the cows were originally and he jumped that fence. Now he is in the pasture with the cows since yesterday evening just acting like he is one of the gang. I’ll probably have to sell him as I don’t think he will be okay in a pasture where he can see the other cows. He is a nice black angus bull.
kenny thomas
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Sound like moving the whole group back is the best answer. You can't let him suck for sure.
JMJ Farms
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Buy some heavy duty panels. If you’re gonna be in the cow business you’re gonna need them from time to time
slick4591
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Tomcolvin said:
My bull makes sure he's the one that eats and knocks the cows off.
Chocolate Cow2
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"He is a nice black angus bull."
NO he isn't a nice angus bull. He's disrespectful. He's a fence jumper. He sucks the cows. Right now, he owns you.
NO he isn't a nice angus bull. He's disrespectful. He's a fence jumper. He sucks the cows. Right now, he owns you.
When I said nice I meant size shape and good genicals . Me and him has had our differences and spat’s but he’s still a nice bull , just has some bad habbits, like some people I know, hard good workers but you can’t trust them. That’s him , good at what he does, but bad habits.
If the portable corral isn't handy I have two 12 ft ancient, rusty, bent, piece of junk panels that I "secure" to the corner posts with bungee coards. Open the corner gate, back up the trailer, put out some cubes, close the panels behind whichever animal I"m trying to catch/load & "secure" them together with bungees. Remedial & rigged but it works with my docile herd.JMJ Farms said:
5S Cattle
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Sell the bull
Rydero
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I have 2 tricks to catch him, both require him to be somewhat docile. First one is to back your truck into a corner of wherever he is. Put the truck and trailer at an angle to make a half V. The swinging door needs to be opposite the side you back in - if your V is on passenger side,door must be one that is hinged on driver side and vice versa. Back up until the swinging door is going to just miss the fence you backed into. Draw it out - you'll see. This way works to load w 2 people.Once you get him around the front of the truck push him slow. 2nd person can block between the truck and trailer, then once he's past there move to the swinging door. Grain in the trailer and when he sticks his head in, spook him in. You can't really pressure him hard unless the fencing is really good in the corner cause you know he'll jump a barbed wire fence already so key is to pressure but everyone stays calm, especially the bull. 2nd way is to take a couple 10 or 12 foot panels and attach them to the back of the trailer on the side opposite the hinges for the swinging door. Arrange the panels to make a pen with the swinging door as the gate. If he's tame enough to grain you should be able to get him to go in that little pen to get some grain. Problem with this way is if the cows like grain too they'll be a pain to sort out. Good luck.
Redgully
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Tomcolvin said:
You should set a camera up and put it on youtube, just can't get entertainment like this on tv.
