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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10253"><p>> We had one yearling heifer that</p><p>> sucked the other cows. We got rid</p><p>> of her. Now, as a three year old</p><p>> she is still doing it.</p><p></p><p>> dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>I had a similar, although more severe, problem! I started off by buying 20 bred heifers. Soon after the first calves hit the ground I bought a 2 year old virgin bull at a special bull auction from a supposedly big time bull raiser. I go to my place once during the week and once on the weekend and I thought everything was going well. However, a few months later I saw the bull sucking on one of the heifers, while her poor little calf just stood there looking feeble. A few weeks later the calf was dead and I'm convinced it starved. I caught the bull sucking on a few other heifers in the following weeks. I was so furious that I just about put a warning shot between his eyes with my 7 mag., but I came to my senses and sold his lousy ass instead. But all 20 heifers calved successfully so I guess things could have been a lot worse for my first year in the business!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10253"] > We had one yearling heifer that > sucked the other cows. We got rid > of her. Now, as a three year old > she is still doing it. > dunmovin farms I had a similar, although more severe, problem! I started off by buying 20 bred heifers. Soon after the first calves hit the ground I bought a 2 year old virgin bull at a special bull auction from a supposedly big time bull raiser. I go to my place once during the week and once on the weekend and I thought everything was going well. However, a few months later I saw the bull sucking on one of the heifers, while her poor little calf just stood there looking feeble. A few weeks later the calf was dead and I'm convinced it starved. I caught the bull sucking on a few other heifers in the following weeks. I was so furious that I just about put a warning shot between his eyes with my 7 mag., but I came to my senses and sold his lousy ass instead. But all 20 heifers calved successfully so I guess things could have been a lot worse for my first year in the business! [/QUOTE]
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