Dumb newbie question ---
We bought a Hereford bull last December he was 685 pounds. He was pretty beefy looking, had a crest on his neck, but not sure of his age , since we bought him at an auction. Young-ish though, like 9-12 months old we thought.
So my husband's boss castrated him for us in the stock trailer, not an easy feat due to his size. He showed my husband how to scrape the cords and vessels to lessen the risk of bleeding. Both testicles were removed. In about a month he lost the 'crest' to his neck.
So my heifer came into heat the other day , the steer was piggy-backing her and rolling his upper lip when he smelled her urine. I have noticed that his penis is out quite frequently. I just figured he did that because he could
So the Ai guy came to inseminate the heifer, and he said, uh, you know your steer is really a bull..., don't you? Uh no, we didn't... he said he saw the "steers' penis out about 5 inches, probably not out enough to breed a cow, but nonetheless a steer wouldn't do that. He said that perhaps all of the epidydimis wasn't removed, and tissue had re-grown.
So has anyone heard or experienced this? Would he be able to impregnate a cow without having testicles? Obviously he hasn't yet, because both the heifer and the cow have been having regular heats, and they've been together for months now. What about the meat, since he's going into the freezer this Autumn...?
Thanks!
Susie
Ps We bred our hereford hiefer to a Murray Grey bull- Ai guy said she was at the perfect point in her heat to be bred- Crossing our fingers!
We bought a Hereford bull last December he was 685 pounds. He was pretty beefy looking, had a crest on his neck, but not sure of his age , since we bought him at an auction. Young-ish though, like 9-12 months old we thought.
So my husband's boss castrated him for us in the stock trailer, not an easy feat due to his size. He showed my husband how to scrape the cords and vessels to lessen the risk of bleeding. Both testicles were removed. In about a month he lost the 'crest' to his neck.
So my heifer came into heat the other day , the steer was piggy-backing her and rolling his upper lip when he smelled her urine. I have noticed that his penis is out quite frequently. I just figured he did that because he could
So the Ai guy came to inseminate the heifer, and he said, uh, you know your steer is really a bull..., don't you? Uh no, we didn't... he said he saw the "steers' penis out about 5 inches, probably not out enough to breed a cow, but nonetheless a steer wouldn't do that. He said that perhaps all of the epidydimis wasn't removed, and tissue had re-grown.
So has anyone heard or experienced this? Would he be able to impregnate a cow without having testicles? Obviously he hasn't yet, because both the heifer and the cow have been having regular heats, and they've been together for months now. What about the meat, since he's going into the freezer this Autumn...?
Thanks!
Susie
Ps We bred our hereford hiefer to a Murray Grey bull- Ai guy said she was at the perfect point in her heat to be bred- Crossing our fingers!
