The thing I found in my rented pasture,

ozark_jewels · #1 07/22/10, 03:53 PM

With my less-than-yearling dairy heifers!!

I see a day of luting heifers in my near future......

The thing I found in my rented pasture, - Cattle

We found him in there on Saturday. Called the owner and he was out of state for the weekend. We herded the flighty bull back into his own pasture. The fence between is very good and only a couple years old. The bull went right over it, not through. Sunday morning he was back with our heifers. Owner was supposed to be home to get him first thing Monday morning. Owner shows up on *Wednesday* and puts up hot wire and puts his bull back on his side of fence. So far its holding.....we'll see.....owner is getting bill for Lute.

tailwagging · #2 07/22/10, 04:29 PM

oooooohhhhhhh he is beautiful!!!!

**gone-a-milkin** · #3 07/22/10, 04:33 PM

Uh oh.

Yeah, that isn't too helpful for your breeding program.

Here is hoping he respects the hotwire.

ozark_jewels · #4 07/22/10, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tailwagging

oooooohhhhhhh he is beautiful!!!!

Yeah, in his own pasture he is beautiful.....in with my heifers he is UGLY.

**gone-a-milkin** · #5 07/22/10, 04:34 PM

Interesting tailhead on that fella.

cjb · #6 07/22/10, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gone-a-milkin

Interesting tailhead on that fella.

I was thinking that too. It's kinda far... up.

mamahen · #7 07/22/10, 04:51 PM

umm, what IS he? Jersey mix, corriante mix?

onthespot · #8 07/22/10, 05:26 PM

looks like brahma/jersey. yuk

tailwagging · #9 07/22/10, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ozark_jewels

Yeah, in his own pasture he is beautiful.....in with my heifers he is UGLY.

I hear ya.
I am a big fan of gold and humped bovine.
(that didn't sound right did it!)

Cindy in KY · #10 07/22/10, 06:28 PM

Bulls are Pigs

I would worry about transmitted nasties. Who knows what else he's been visiting. Yuck. And here we take such good care of our girls. I'm sorry.

Are you going to have to move the girls now? I moved my 2 to the back pasture, spent 3 days taking down stalls, building stalls, widening stalls, hanging lights, etc. I got my frustrations out with a very large sledge hammer on the milking stall.

ozark_jewels · #11 07/22/10, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gone-a-milkin

Uh oh.

Yeah, that isn't too helpful for your breeding program.

Here is hoping he respects the hotwire.

Yes, and not only his he not a bull I want calves out of, he is breeding heifers that won't be a year old until November/December and are not big enough to breed! I'll be breeding them come the end of December if they continue to grow at their current rate, but not now!

ozark_jewels · #12 07/22/10, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by onthespot

looks like brahma/jersey. yuk

Yes, Brahma blood for sure. He is a "rodeo" bull, whatever breeds that implies. I don't think there is any Jersey in this fella. He is much bigger than the pics make him look. The guy hauls cattle all over for rodeos. This week he is in Wyoming, so I'm really hoping his bull behaves. He says he put him in the field with the cows to give him a break from traveling because he had a bad foot. I sure don't see any signs of a bad foot anymore!
I'll be luting the ladies as soon as this bull is gone for sure. The deal was that this guy(who also rents his pasture from the same person we do) wouldn't keep mature bulls next to our heifers. He says it will take a couple weeks to lure him into the round pen for trailering.....this bull sounds like a pain in the you-know-where.

ozark_jewels · #13 07/22/10, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindy in KY

:Are you going to have to move the girls now? I moved my 2 to the back pasture, spent 3 days taking down stalls, building stalls, widening stalls, hanging lights, etc. I got my frustrations out with a very large sledge hammer on the milking stall.

LOL!! Sounds like a good way to vent!

I won't have to move the girls if he gets his bull moved. He is supposed to do that as soon as he is back in the area....we'll see......I need that pasture as I have nowhere else to put these heifers!

Lizza · #14 07/22/10, 07:01 PM

OH, I'd be hopping mad too, what a hassle for you! Hope that hot wire holds!

katy · #15 07/22/10, 10:27 PM

So, now what ? If any of the heifers are actually pregnant, do you abort them ? You said you would send him a bill, for the Vet you're going to need ?

His b.s. about putting bull in with cows to calm him down is a joke and a sick one at that. He should be told to take his bull elsewhere, this will NOT be his last escapade, you can bet on it. What a jerk. Good luck, you're going to need it.

Madsaw · #16 07/22/10, 10:37 PM

Maybe brahma and watusi? I had to put a hot wire at the top of my cattle panels to keep my brahma cross heifer from jumping. Her mother is half guernsey and half swiss. It took some of the steam out of the brahma but not enough. She could clear a common welded cattle panel by the time she was a yearling. But a hot wire on a 6 inch standout stopped her. She couldn't get her head up and over first off to get the jump going.
Bob

bruce2288 · #17 07/22/10, 10:58 PM

Come on now a little extra ear and dewlap would help your cattle disapate heat in this muggy weather. Only kidding!

willow_girl · #18 07/22/10, 11:48 PM

In that first pic especially, he looks like a man on mission!

Sorry, I know it stinks. Grrr.

tinknal · #19 07/23/10, 01:07 AM

He is a mystery. I would think a critter with that big a hump would have bigger ears.

Cindy in KY · #20 07/23/10, 09:17 AM

If that was the deal, then he should move him now. He should have moved him instead of putting up the hot-wire, duh. I would be worried the bull would harm the heifers, chasing them into fences, hurting their backs, anything could happen. With the bull breeding the young heifers, can the bull hurt their insides for later breeding? I don't like it one bit.