mind235
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I have a young bull about 3 months +. The pasture he is in is owned by another person kind enough to allow me to keep my guy there. The pasture has right now 11 spring calves 3-4 months old, 1 mature bull to cover the 13 cows. I want to suppliment the little guy so he can be a big guy. Challange is all of the herd is on pasture and "wild" . I can't use creeper since they all can get in and he does not care to do what I want to with my guy.I expect it will be a real fun time to pull him from the herd often and he is hard to cut from the rest of them, all the calves are stuck together like someone glued them together. Also every time the herd sees me even when I step out on the porch they start howling and bunch up since they think I am on this earth with no other purpose than to let them into the "better" pasture I rotate them just about every day unless I am trying to leep them out of one to let it replenish better. So the only option is to catch the little guy and put him in a stall inside. If I put him in the stall how long should I keep him in there to feed him some supliment to put on some weight. The pasture is kind of stressed right now with the addition of the good crop of spring calves and the mature bull. So how long to keep him in and then let him back out to momma. How long to keep him away from momma before she can't or won't feed him? The farmer seems to run his cattle totally different than most of all the info I have read on the boards and the other 5 guys with cattle in the area all have different 2 cents to add. I probally will put him in thestall when weaned for a couple months though the winter unless he gets rid of all the hefs before they become available. Is it better to raise the bull to be the herd bull in the stall or turn him back out after supppliment time or rotate him in and out through say 6 months through 10 months?
Its early after a late night hope this makes sense since nothing else does except the coffee pot right now. The property owner and I just had a long discussion that is what brought on he post so????
I will finish the rest of the book at a later time. LONGGGG winded.
Thanks to all you fine experienced folk with all the knowledge sure helps to see some of your replies.
Its early after a late night hope this makes sense since nothing else does except the coffee pot right now. The property owner and I just had a long discussion that is what brought on he post so????
I will finish the rest of the book at a later time. LONGGGG winded.
Thanks to all you fine experienced folk with all the knowledge sure helps to see some of your replies.