CowboyRam
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Are there any strategies for introducing new bull to old bulls. I was thinking I could put some kerosine on them so they all smell the same, and then keep them in different pens until I put them in with the cows.
I like idea of vinegar, I have that on hand; the vinegar would not be as toxic as the kerosine. I have two bulls that grew up together that are around six year old, and the new bull I bought last March he is coming four. I just don't want my two other bulls to gang up on him and kill him.Be more specific on new vs. old. Introducing a yearling to an older bull is rarely a problem (in my experience). Some people swear by kerosine or vinegar, but I've never tried it.
I really doubt six yr old bulls would do that. Our older bulls usually avoid confrontations if they have room to. The key is giving them some space.I like idea of vinegar, I have that on hand; the vinegar would not be as toxic as the kerosine. I have two bulls that grew up together that are around six year old, and the new bull I bought last March he is coming four. I just don't want my two other bulls to gang up on him and kill him.
We had 34 mature bulls in a feeding group this winter. Nearest cows were three miles away. Someone started a brawl one night and a good four year old was dead next morning.I really doubt six yr old bulls would do that. Our older bulls usually avoid confrontations if they have room to. The key is giving them some space.
Hell, now you just need a third one in there like a little dink buck that's smart enough to realize the breeding's best when everyone is busy fightingOne other thing we notice on bull behavior is how you can keep them together in a bull pasture for 9 months but go to turn them out and they'll start fighting like they never met.
The wife sent me a pic last week of two of our bulls fighting while a cow mounted another cow 50 feet behind them. What a couple knuckleheads.
Funny, but true.Hell, now you just need a third one in there like a little dink buck that's smart enough to realize the breeding's best when everyone is busy fighting
Hell, now you just need a third one in there like a little dink buck that's smart enough to realize the breeding's best when everyone is busy fighting
Two is the most I've ever run, sometimes it's easier to have to rotate and have a longer calving season that it is to try and keep more bull than you have fence or probably more importantly neighbor's fence for. We had, at one time, a great big old simm bull and a traincar of a brangus bull that would rarely fight with each other, but by God they'd tear that damn fence slap down to go whoop up on the neighbor's bull and spread a little democracy to their cows. The brangus especially so, he'd just wake up of a day and decide it was azzwhoopin' season. I have no clue how far they can smell a cow, but my guess is far.Well....there was a third one but guess he was hemmed up elsewhere. Now we have 4.
I have always heard to keep an odd number of bulls though
That's many more chances then I would give. For us it's 'if you cross the river/creek you are owner of a one way ticket come fall'.I'll give them 3-4 chances then get rid of them.