Bulls in neighbouring fields

Muck Spreader

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Limousin
One for the Bovine psychologists. My neighbour has just put a young bull (2.5/3) and 10 cows with calves in a field that adjoins a field I am about to move our herd and bull to. This bull of his (lim) looks unhappy and doesn't appear to have bonded with his cows and spends his time apart from them. Am I inviting trouble putting our cows and bull in a field next to him or just being over cautious? There it a small ditch plus barbwire and electric fences between them.
 
One for the Bovine psychologists. My neighbour has just put a young bull (2.5/3) and 10 cows with calves in a field that adjoins a field I am about to move our herd and bull to. This bull of his (lim) looks unhappy and doesn't appear to have bonded with his cows and spends his time apart from them. Am I inviting trouble putting our cows and bull in a field next to him or just being over cautious? There it a small ditch plus barbwire and electric fences between them.
Difficult one can he move his for a bit elsewhere or something like that?
10 won’t need much room
 

JSmith

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Livestock Farmer
Not the best really, it’s asking for a mix up!! My neighbour is dull an will put a bull up against me, I always ring an try an work around where his are, but it doesn’t go both ways!! We’ve had mix ups!! I always try an keep at least a field away from the boundary and put up electric fence as a safety catch, if they start roaring at each other they’ll soon be through the fence to get at each other
 
It depends how you get on with your neighbour . Back in the day, I remember coming home from the Royal Show to milk, having left the Missus and kids there with the show cows, to find my then neighbours FIVE adult bulls in with my milk cows :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:. They had come over a previously good barbed wire fence, across half a field of Stubble Turnips, trashed the strip grazing electric fence and in with the cows. When I rang the di#*head up, all he said was "Oh well, it's what bulls do".
I would try to speak to the neighbour. If it than goes badly, at least you can't be accused of not trying.
 

JSmith

Member
Livestock Farmer
Just as much chance of the OP's bull moving next door as vice versa.

Perhaps we'll see a post soon along the lines of:

Put a bull in with some cows and calves last week, now my neighbour has put his bull in the next field. Inconsiderate, or should I ignore it?
Every chance exactly!! My neighbours an inconsiderate prîck an still I wouldn’t purposefully put to bulls next to each other!! I still ring him an try an graze fields accordingly as to avoid unnecessary trouble!! People who put bulls fence to fence with no electric between them must have very well trained animals, or they could be gender neutral I suppose 🤷‍♂️
 

Yale

Member
Livestock Farmer
Option 1,have a chat with neighbour and see if he can move his for a period at least a field away.

If he’s being an awkward (French :rolleyes:!) twit then I wouldn’t be putting mine there.
May be less bother to cut it,make it into hay and feed it to them when they run short of grass.:unsure:
 

Beames

Member
Location
South wales
First year I took on the farm I had the same problem. Next door rancher putting his cows and bull next to mine. After splitting them up twice i agreed with the stockman to take it in turns to graze adjoining fields. Worked well until His boss rocked up one Sunday and let his cattle next to mine and the inevitable happened. I now take 2 cuts of silage off the adjoining fields so problem solved.
 

Dog Bowl

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Cotswolds
Work with your neighbour on this. I graze Angus heifers with a bull on an away block of ground next door to a dairy farm who has dairy heifers grazing. We always move the cattle so there is at least a field between them. Sometimes it's never ideal but would rather that than having my bull end up serving his young heifers and the hassle that would bring
 

som farmer

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
we agree to keep bull out, when our dairy, is next door to his, easy solution, but we are on very good 'terms'.
Bulls can cause a lot of hassle, and bad feelings, and co-operation lessens that.
On the other hand, if your neighbours bull, is next door to your cows, and nature takes it's normal route, there are a couple of things to consider, firstly, is the bull better than yours, if he is better, remove elec fence, and if your neighbour is a p---- as you said, send him a bill :rolleyes: ;)
 

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