One Nut Bull

[draagyn]

I've made a deal on a yearling bull with one nut, was supposed to be a steer, banding gone wrong. He is angus dexter and my plan is to put him in freezer this fall. I'm also boarding a yearling Hereford heifer until she goes to freezer. Should I be concerned about them breeding?

 

[Mat Man]

Yes
He will breed. Get rid of the other nut if you no for sure the 2 nd nut is not pushed up in him

 

[SBMF 2015]

He will try. Even if he doesn't get her stuck, he'll just cause problems. He'll get stagy, thick necked, and act like a bull. Even if it's a belly nut, have the vet out and get it cut out.

 

[HDRider]

He will breed

 

[Nesikep]

If you put him in a group of cows you wanted bred, he'd never get one
If you put him with a heifer you don't want bred, 100% chance she'll be bred... just the way it works

 

[TCRanch]

If you put him in a group of cows you wanted bred, he'd never get one
If you put him with a heifer you don't want bred, 100% chance she'll be bred... just the way it works

True!! Got the t-shirt. Was bred at 4 months by One Nut - who was subsequently renamed No Nut after the vet came out. And she died trying to abort. That was a painful, expensive lesson to learn.

Steer him!

 

[draagyn]

Thanks everyone for the help. His nut is hanging down not a belly nut. Can I band it at his age? Just over a year old.

 

[draagyn]

Will my bands and bander that I use on my week old bulls be big enough for a yearling or should I find something bigger for him?

 

[kenny thomas]

Will my bands and bander that I use on my week old bulls be big enough for a yearling or should I find something bigger for him?

No it is not big enough.

 

[kenny thomas]

How soon this fall are they going to slaughter? Other than the loss of weight if she cycles it might not matter. A month or 2 bred won't change much for either of them

 

[SBMF 2015]

Will my bands and bander that I use on my week old bulls be big enough for a yearling or should I find something bigger for him?

All depends on what you use on your baby calves, and how big his testicle is.
The vet I worked for always put two bands on bulls. He had a nack and could usually get a little green band on 5-6wt bulls before he put a Callicrate band on. Double stack a couple tri bands on him should work.
I prefer cutting, so I guess I'd just cut him.
A bad banding job is probably what started this problem.

 

[Buck Randall]

Will my bands and bander that I use on my week old bulls be big enough for a yearling or should I find something bigger for him?

I'd strongly recommend finding something bigger. Just because you can fit the green band around it doesn't mean it will work. The mess you get from a band that breaks or stretches out too far to do the job is a lot more expensive than having done right in the first place.

 

[greggy]

If you put him in a group of cows you wanted bred, he'd never get one
If you put him with a heifer you don't want bred, 100% chance she'll be bred... just the way it works

lol...ain't that sort of thing the real truth....what you want you do not get, what you get is often not wanted