housing heifers and bullocks

jd06 · 24-10-2014 6:12pm #1

hi all, i have 10 year and a halves to go into de shed de only prob is that i only have one pen.
de heifers will be bulling and im afraid they will hurt themselves
does anyone here mix both, and with what results.
thanks

epfff · 24-10-2014 6:24pm

I do it everyyear
Never had prob yet
But I think im luckey
Friend only keeps heifers and has at least 1problem every year with heifers buling

tanko · 24-10-2014 6:36pm

I don't think they'd do any more jumping on each other than a pen of heifers. Have they all got space to eat at the barrier at the same time?

jd06 · 24-10-2014 6:40pm

tanko wrote: »

I don't think they'd do any more jumping on each other than a pen of heifers. Have they all got space to eat at the barrier at the same time?

ya they have plenty of space,
iv never had a pen of heifers either, always just bulocks, so its gonna be interesting

893bet · 24-10-2014 7:23pm

They say the bullocks won't thrive aswell if mixed with the heifers.

Brown Podzol · 24-10-2014 7:29pm

Have bulls here, they would kill themselves if I didn't have a electric fence grid over them.

severeoversteer · 24-10-2014 8:37pm

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Have bulls here, they would kill themselves if I didn't have a electric fence grid over them.

finished manys the bull and it never got to the stage that I needed electric wire over them, when theyre well fed they don't get too excited

epfff · 24-10-2014 9:01pm

severeoversteer wrote: »

finished manys the bull and it never got to the stage that I needed electric wire over them, when theyre well fed they don't get too excited

Ahh another on my school of thought
If they are not lieing out with a pain your not giving them eneough

Farmer Pudsey · 25-10-2014 11:44am

It easy enough to put electric over them. Saw a great way years ago do the same myself now. Keep your wires about 3 feet over cattle. Then hang electric fence string with lead on ends off them . This means there is less chance an animal pulling down wires into pen

stop animal cruelty · 25-10-2014 12:42pm

what does the electric wire over head do?

mahoney_j · 25-10-2014 12:58pm

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

what does the electric wire over head do?

Stops them riding one another/bullying and hurting legs.works well but seen a guy with shed full of bulls every year with no wire over them ,but they are extremely well fed and all they do is eat drink and lie down.very content looking ainmals