bulls with an attitude

[angusdave63]

I have a 2 year old red bull out with the bulls and he is not mr. friendly. when i walk up to the bunk to feed in the mornings. i guess he does not want to see me ha ha. he snorts and blows and arches his neck maybe bellers at me for about a half a minute or so. the rest of the day he is not quiet so bad. i am starting to think he needs a ride in the trailer to town, any opinions on this would be welcomed. thanks David

 

[dun]

When is the soonest sale you can get him to?

 

[Galloways1]

Not knowing the bull, it is hard for me to recommend any action. I have had a few older herdbulls (6-10 yrs old) that were puppy dog tame, and that is how they would greet me when they would see me. I would walk right over to them and scratch them between the shoulder blades. They had been doing it for years, that was their personality. That being said, if this bull has any kind of agressive behavior towards humans, when being herded, or worked, then yup, ship him.

 

[bigbull338]

you have 2 choices.1 watch him an if he gets rougher an meaner sell him.2.sell him now an be done with it.

 

[3waycross]

I have a 2 year old red bull out with the bulls and he is not mr. friendly. when i walk up to the bunk to feed in the mornings. i guess he does not want to see me ha ha. he snorts and blows and arches his neck maybe bellers at me for about a half a minute or so. the rest of the day he is not quiet so bad. i am starting to think he needs a ride in the trailer to town, any opinions on this would be welcomed. thanks David

I wonder if he not just telling you he knows you're gonna feed him.

 

[angusdave63]

he has just gotten like this since i penned him with 3 young angus bull. i wonder if he is tired of the yearlings riding him. i figure i have 2 options sell him or put him back with the cows. then i think about uncle Ed getting his back broke by a holstein bull that acted like this and i just think selling him is best.

 

[JSCATTLE]

I have one that I have to give an additude adjustment about every 3 months . I use a fiberglass sorting stick . When he bows up I hit him in the nose . It's worked so far .

 

[I luv herfrds]

Dealt with bulls with attitude.
ship his azz.

 

[ousoonerfan22]

My bull and even some of my cows do that sometimes but I think they're just posturing(spelling?), I know my cattle and they're just bluffing.Like the post above I can walk up and scratch their head or back when they do this.
Now my bull does get backhanded across the nose every few months for trying to butt the feed bucket or sack out of my hands before I can dump it in the trough or when I'm removing bale wrap off of a bale.

In your case if I didn't trust the bull and he's getting rank I would ship him off.

 

[dun]

My reasoning is that if his behaviour is enough to make you ask questions that he needs to go.

 

[ANAZAZI]

Ship him as soon as cows are bred, if it is not breeding season just ship him. And make sure it is for beef or someone else will get hurt. :2cents:

 

[pdfangus]

well if I shipped every bull that ever did that ......I would not have any bulls.
especially if he has just had a bunch fo young bulls added.....he might be telling them to stay out of his feed.
not enough information presented here for me to condem the bull.

and I am normally one who says it is crazy to tolerate a bad bull.....

I just am not yet convinced this is a bad bull....

every young bull I have ever raised has postured and snorted at me at least once in his life, and my herd was known for quiet cattle.

 

[angusdave63]

pdf he has been with the young bulls for 3 months, and everytime you get near him he does this sometimes lets out a low beller, he is going for a ride sat morning, i wont take a chance on him wearing out me or anyone else, to many quiet bulls to put up with this behavior, besides my neighbors have 5 young boys i would hate for him to hurt one of them while they were walking across my pasture this summer.

 

[pdfangus]

yeah.... you got to go with your gut, cause you know the bull a lot better than any of us......

 

[Black and Good]

I have had bulls that you will catch in a bad mood once in a while. But if in your mind it's aggression he's showing, I agree with your Decision. I've seen gentle bulls that if you catch them when the flys are biting real bad they get all snorty. The bottom line is never trust any male farm animal. IMHO My 2 :2cents:

 

[jerry27150]

never trust any bull, tame trusted bulls often hurt someone. with kids around he would definitely be gone. :banana:

 

[pdfangus]

well I been trying hard not to type it.....

but unless the cattle are familiar with children, they may treat em like varmits anyway.

My youngest is 36 so we have not had any kids around. so my cattle are not used to kids even though they are quiet and gentle.

had a customer bring his young grandaughter with him to look at bulls one time and you would have thought he was leading a mountain lion or something by the way the cattle acted. it is all in what they are used to.

my cows would chase a strange dog and try to kill it. MY thirty lb little aussie could handle the whole herd. they just knew that they were supposed to mind her.

my donkeys and dogs just try their best to ignore one another. donkeys will chase strange dogs.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

My kids tend to chase stray dogs.

 

[Lon]

Not knowing the bull, it is hard for me to recommend any action. I have had a few older herdbulls (6-10 yrs old) that were puppy dog tame, and that is how they would greet me when they would see me. I would walk right over to them and scratch them between the shoulder blades. They had been doing it for years, that was their personality. That being said, if this bull has any kind of agressive behavior towards humans, when being herded, or worked, then yup, ship him.

Isnt this typical of a galloway bull. I mean the whole hard to find one being agressive i figured way things are said about them they always acted like yearling or two year olds in terms of agressiveness.
My FIL has a coming two year old bull that man can get salty. Just the difference from when he was a yearling to now is huge. I told him the same as i would anybody sell that damn thing before he hurts someone. point being if he is acting like this coming 2 than at coming 5 he will more than likely try to kill you. and in your case if the bull has acted in a way that makes you think he is agressive than you will do right by shipping him cause if you are any way nervouse when in the corral with him he will pick up on that and his fight or flight reaction will very like change from the norm as well.

 

[Galloways1]

Not knowing the bull, it is hard for me to recommend any action. I have had a few older herdbulls (6-10 yrs old) that were puppy dog tame, and that is how they would greet me when they would see me. I would walk right over to them and scratch them between the shoulder blades. They had been doing it for years, that was their personality. That being said, if this bull has any kind of agressive behavior towards humans, when being herded, or worked, then yup, ship him.

Isnt this typical of a galloway bull. I mean the whole hard to find one being agressive i figured way things are said about them they always acted like yearling or two year olds in terms of agressiveness.
My FIL has a coming two year old bull that man can get salty. Just the difference from when he was a yearling to now is huge. I told him the same as i would anybody sell that be nice thing before he hurts someone. point being if he is acting like this coming 2 than at coming 5 he will more than likely try to kill you. and in your case if the bull has acted in a way that makes you think he is agressive than you will do right by shipping him cause if you are any way nervouse when in the corral with him he will pick up on that and his fight or flight reaction will very like change from the norm as well.

I like to think most Galloway bulls are much quieter, and easy to handle. I have been around many hundred mature bulls in my lifetime. My Galloway bulls, have been the easiest to handle, the easiest on fences, and the least likely to be causing a rucous. I have seen some aggresive ones, and they have gotten shipped. Many of my repeat customers, have kept their bulls for 8-10 years plus, trading them back and forth between neighbors.