> My herd has outgrown the service
> of a single bull. I am currently
> fall calving. Is it better to try
> to keep two bulls at the same
> time, or am I better of doing two
> calving seasons? If I am better of
> keeping two bulls do you have any
> tips to keep them happy? I am in
> the Hermann mo. area. Thanks so
> much.
If you don't have the space to seperate your cows into two heards and run two bulls with them calving year round, I would get my cows on a cycle of all calving with in 3 months of each other and run 2 bulls for only 3 months after calving,by then all cows should be breed, if not, culled and then sale one of the bulls for a good profit until one month before they are due to start calving and then add your 2nd bull back again for the 3 month breeding. That way you will only be running 2 bulls for 6 months of the year. The way I have found that helps mine get along is, I buy a new cow/bull calf pair,for the purpose of saving the bull calf for breed bull letting it grow up together with my main bull and then selling its mother to keep from having any inbreeding. By them growing up together they seem to get along well enough that they don't injure each other, but one will always rule and the other will get what the one can't handle.
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