Bull problems in a shed with cows

cacs

I have a young bull in a shed with cows every time the pit there head out through the barrier he rises on them. I know someone is going to get hurt. The cows are all calfed and I want him to pick them up as them come around. Any suggestions

Bullocks

cathal irwin wrote: »

I have a young bull in a shed with cows every time the pit there head out through the barrier he rises on them. I know someone is going to get hurt. The cows are all calfed and I want him to pick them up as them come around. Any suggestions

Can you leave him out in a field with a dry cow for company ?

cacs

Bullocks wrote: »

Can you leave him out in a field with a dry cow for company ?

Thanks for that I want to catch the cows as they. One around I was thinking running electric fence strands from the roof

mikeoh

Be careful u don't make all the steel live

cacs

mikeoh wrote: »

Be careful u don't make all the steel live

Good point

case04

I have the opposite problem. The bull is in the pen with cows to try an pick them up, but the cows are rising on each other and the bull has no interest!!

cacs

case04 wrote: »

I have the opposite problem. The bull is in the pen with cows to try an pick them up, but the cows are rising on each other and the bull has no interest!!

Sometimes they work better out on soft ground .
You cannot win

atlantic mist

had to get rid of one of our stock bulls went mad when we started liming each day, got a bit of hurdling practice in

if he'd lift the cow id say time to go what could he do to you, minute we see a bit of aggregation out the door

cacs

atlantic mist wrote: »

had to get rid of one of our stock bulls went mad when we started liming each day, got a bit of hurdling practice in

if he'd lift the cow id say time to go what could he do to you, minute we see a bit of aggregation out the door

Yea I know what your saying. I am not sure about our new bull. I bought him six months back as a year old lim bull. I have him in a pen with five cows. Some days he will come up to the barrier and lick my jacket some days he will walk over and show me the top of his head. I am not sure is he cross or just a bit frustrated being locked up. I was going to hold off judgement until I let him out to grass( if it ever stops raining). Sometimes they can settle down fine. Every bull we have had has got a little Agro as the hit hit 3-4 years old we only keep 12-15 cows and they have not got enough work

patsy_mccabe

This my first year having an older bull around the place. I've had younger teaser bulls all along. My rule is I never go within 10 feet of him. No petting him or scratching him. If he never has to even think about me he won't see me as s threat. That's my theory anyway.

cacs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

This my first year having an older bull around the place. I've had younger teaser bulls all along. My rule is I never go within 10 feet of him. No petting him or scratching him. If he never has to even think about me he won't see me as s threat. That's my theory anyway.

Not a bad theory Paddy at all