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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 235325" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Yes, keeping a breeding age bull around is A LOT DIFFERENT!!! I always told everyone, "we never have a breeding age bull around here EXCEPT my husband" - always got a good response on that one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>Anyway, bulls (at least Macho) likes to rub/push/crunch EVERYTHING that's not protected with electric fence. Can't give him a big bale of hay with or without a ring. He will pick the ring up and/or crunch it, than proceeds to push the bale everywhere. Had to build a special wooden feeder for his hay - hand feeding - yuk.</p><p>But it sure is nice, when a cow/heifer is in heat, and you want her bred to him - he takes care of the job in less than 5 min. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Also, when you decide you've AI enough - turn him out. Actually, that is hard for me - I want to KNOW when they are due to calve. Heat checking when he's out was really HARD. If you didn't catch him actually messing with one, none of the other cows did any jumping or messing around. It was very strange. Cows acted DIFFERENT with him out there. You don't find "cow discharge" on their tail or rump - he cleans them up.</p><p>So looks like I'm going to have SURPRISES next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 235325, member: 968"] Yes, keeping a breeding age bull around is A LOT DIFFERENT!!! I always told everyone, "we never have a breeding age bull around here EXCEPT my husband" - always got a good response on that one :P :D Anyway, bulls (at least Macho) likes to rub/push/crunch EVERYTHING that's not protected with electric fence. Can't give him a big bale of hay with or without a ring. He will pick the ring up and/or crunch it, than proceeds to push the bale everywhere. Had to build a special wooden feeder for his hay - hand feeding - yuk. But it sure is nice, when a cow/heifer is in heat, and you want her bred to him - he takes care of the job in less than 5 min. :P Also, when you decide you've AI enough - turn him out. Actually, that is hard for me - I want to KNOW when they are due to calve. Heat checking when he's out was really HARD. If you didn't catch him actually messing with one, none of the other cows did any jumping or messing around. It was very strange. Cows acted DIFFERENT with him out there. You don't find "cow discharge" on their tail or rump - he cleans them up. So looks like I'm going to have SURPRISES next year. [/QUOTE]
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