Used bull from another herd

jay gatsby

I was having trouble with AI holding last year and brought a cow to a neighbour's bull which did the trick. She is due to calve in a couple of weeks.

When I'm registering the calf can I use the bull's tag number or are there any issues with using a bull from outside your herd. I guess the alternative is to just stick down unknown on the sheet?

yellow50HX

Yeah, from what i can recall a stock needs to be in your herd. You just say, the bull broke in.

simx

jay gatsby wrote: »

I was having trouble with AI holding last year and brought a cow to a neighbour's bull which did the trick. She is due to calve in a couple of weeks.

When I'm registering the calf can I use the bull's tag number or are there any issues with using a bull from outside your herd. I guess the alternative is to just stick down unknown on the sheet?

i would think putting down the bulls tag no. would be a big no no, unknown id say

pakalasa

Ya, it'd be safer put down 'unknown'.

jay gatsby

Thanks lads, great to have that cleared up. I'll do that so.

bob charles

you would really land yourself and the other herd owner in serious hot water if you put down what happened. probably Dept would make both of yous have a herd test immediately