Bull prone to breaking out.

raher1

I got a ch bull last year,he was 2 years old. He is a bit temperamental at times but not dangerous,like a teenager but broke out a few times last year. Will calm down this year or will he break out again. I got him extra cows but has he a roving eye.:)

limo_100

Sonye wrote: »

I got a ch bull last year,he was 2 years old. He is a bit temperamental at times but not dangerous,like a teenager but broke out a few times last year. Will calm down this year or will he break out again. I got him extra cows but has he a roving eye.:)

put a chain on his ring that should slow him down abit

Bizzum

Sonye wrote: »

.......broke out a few times last year. Will calm down this year or will he break out again.

What sort of fencing is he breaking out through?

yessam

Mains electric fence is the only job for a bull

raher1

Bizzum wrote: »

What sort of fencing is he breaking out through?

Usual stuff,barb wire and hedging.i was thinking putting a electric wire on his ring....

bbam

Sonye wrote: »

.i was thinking putting a electric wire on his ring....

WHAT !
If your bull isn't crazy that will drive him pure mad and would be bordering on animal cruelty..

Decent electric fence...
We also had a chain as well for security...

yog1

Sonye wrote: »

Usual stuff,barb wire and hedging.i was thinking putting a electric wire on his ring....

man that's funny, sort of thing you see in a cartoon, madness of course but the image is funny as hell

Bizzum

Sonye wrote: »

Usual stuff,barb wire and hedging.

Run an electric fence along this hedge and the bull will stay home.

i was thinking putting a electric wire on his ring....

Tell us exactly what you intend doing here? Unless I'm missing something it seems a bizarre thing to do.

raher1

I was messing lads,it was one mans advise. Could kill the fecker. I got extra cows to spread out his work...the land is scattered so a powerful electric fence could be tricky. I hear you can get power down from individual poles to power a fence?

bbam

Sonye wrote: »

I hear you can get power down from individual poles to power a fence?

Having a bull with poor control is just hard work and bad for relations with the neighbours..
A few extra cows will make no difference when a heifer comes bulling over the ditch, your man will be "in like flynn" and you'll end up paying for the damage which could be much more than the cost of an electric fence...

Do the job right, even fence a portion of your land and move cows in with him as you expect they'll be coming round....

Bizzum

Sonye wrote: »

the land is scattered so a powerful electric fence could be tricky.

A battery fencer with a good battery will usually stop him in a situation where there is a hedge behind the fence, particularly if he is used to the mains fencer.

1chippy

Its a part of your job to have your farm fenced properly. four strands of barbed wire, properly put up should be adequate to hold any bull. if that doesnt hold him its time to change the bull. what will the cost be if he hits a field full of fattening heifers.

larthehar

Stick a chain in his nose with an electric fence that will even give a small dart.. as soon as the chain hits the fence, a dart in the nostrils... def won't stray.. i had a straying fella and it stopped him in his tracks!!

raher1

Could do it.

whelan1

saw a bull with the chain wrapped around the electric fence... not a nice sight... if you have a bull you need proper fencing simple as

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

saw a bull with the chain wrapped around the electric fence... not a nice sight... if you have a bull you need proper fencing simple as

Indeed..
We had to factory our last bull as he went cross after touching his ring off a fence in the yard while we were standing looking at him.. He had it in for me big time after that, I presume just because we were there when it happened..

lakill Farm

When i use to do part time summer work, i use to do all the injecting of the bull and the farmer would be out of sight. His thinking was that bulls remember pain and will seek revenge, so unless he could track me 60 mile to college i was safe. He now gets his bro in law to do it and visa versa. I thought it was a good idea.

On a bull tipping a few heifers. It happened us last year with 3 heifers and not our bull. OH went to count on day in June and there was a Char and Lim bull in the field, neither ours. I was more shocked that the 2 bulls didnt fight but the owners got them out that evening and we didnt inject. Sold 1 heifer 'maybe in calf :rolleyes:' the other 2 came a bulling again. Maybe one was firing blank.

patjack

Sonye wrote: »

I was messing lads,it was one mans advise. Could kill the fecker. I got extra cows to spread out his work...the land is scattered so a powerful electric fence could be tricky. I hear you can get power down from individual poles to power a fence?

yip, you can get power down from individual poles, once off payment, no monthly bill, great job, few hundred euro, and thats it, you'll have to get someone to make a safe steel enclsure you can lock for your fencer though.

raher1

Once off payment is cool very cool.