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<blockquote data-quote="IL Rancher" data-source="post: 227496" data-attributes="member: 4097"><p>I don't think with the numbers he has that it would mess his season up. I have run a young bull with 25 cows and 90% of the girls calved in the first 45 days. I would say if you are messing with a big pasture and you do this you might get yourself in trouble but not with small ones.</p><p></p><p>The big risk with running a young bull by himself is that he screws up and falls in love with one cow in particular or that he doesn't have the drive or whatever... Or he gets hurt... Getting hurt is a possibility... Have seen virgin bulls get the snot beat out of them by big old ornery brood cows.</p><p></p><p>I think one of the questions you have to ask yourself in this situaton is who do you want to be the sire of the calves? In a 2 bull situation a young yearling bull might not get much done and if he is the one you want calves from than you are basicaly SOL. This is where the running one bull first in a small group like this comes into play. </p><p></p><p>I think in your situation if the bull passes his BSE everything should be fine, assuming something unforseen doesn't happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IL Rancher, post: 227496, member: 4097"] I don't think with the numbers he has that it would mess his season up. I have run a young bull with 25 cows and 90% of the girls calved in the first 45 days. I would say if you are messing with a big pasture and you do this you might get yourself in trouble but not with small ones. The big risk with running a young bull by himself is that he screws up and falls in love with one cow in particular or that he doesn't have the drive or whatever... Or he gets hurt... Getting hurt is a possibility... Have seen virgin bulls get the snot beat out of them by big old ornery brood cows. I think one of the questions you have to ask yourself in this situaton is who do you want to be the sire of the calves? In a 2 bull situation a young yearling bull might not get much done and if he is the one you want calves from than you are basicaly SOL. This is where the running one bull first in a small group like this comes into play. I think in your situation if the bull passes his BSE everything should be fine, assuming something unforseen doesn't happen. [/QUOTE]
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