txshowmom":138sn3nr said:
Ann, I can't speak for the Miniture Jersey bull, but I have seen first hand the wrath of a regular Jersy bull.
What most people don't realise with Jerseys is that the vast majority of the bulls are raised in solitary confinement from the time they're born. They have virtually no contact with other cattle -- so they never learn how to be a cow first. How to be part of a 'pecking order', how to be part of a herd. Their only contact is with people, so it's only natural that when they get old enough to want to exert dominance that they turn it towards people. Personally, I think the this method of raising the Jersey bulls results in a bunch of bulls that are one step away from being insane.
I have only had 1 Jersey bull turn mean -- he was the first one I raised and I did all the wrong things with him, like follow everyone's suggestions of keeping him in a stall, separated from the rest of the cattle.
My Jersey bulls are now raised in groups as youngsters, and with the cows when they get older. They are trained to voice commands, know their names, and are halterbroke/broke to lead. Each animal gets a training session at least once a week, twice a week when things aren't too hectic. They are sold at 8 months of age.
The oldest bulls that I have raised that I still have contact with are now 4-1/2 year old "Gomers" -- and not a sign of meanness/aggression in any of them. These bulls remember their training well enough that they can be CALLED out of a herd of cows when their "work" is done.
Ann B