Ive been keeping a secret...

[som farmer]

How old is he now?

old enough

 

[Jdunn55]

Safe and sound

 

[Beef farmer]

Safe and sound
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Is that cogents stud farm?

 

[Jdunn55]

Is that cogents stud farm?

That's their quarantine facility I assume

 

[O'Reilly]

So you've made a pet of him, he'll be handy to have about when he gets bigger.

 

[Jdunn55]

So you've made a pet of him, he'll be handy to have about when he gets bigger.

He ain't my problem

I've done all the naughty things with this bull, lots of cuddles, playing and fuss

Anything that I intend to keep or sell to someone else never gets any of that, they get treated like they're any other normal animal that way they don't think they're anything special. My grandad taught me how to rear bulls. It's also why I don't halter train them, it can make them think they're special.

Ai bulls tend to be hard work anyway as you've got 300 bulls all in one shed and there's far too much testosterone about. They have the facilities to handle it though.

 

[dinderleat]

He ain't my problem

I've done all the naughty things with this bull, lots of cuddles, playing and fuss

Anything that I intend to keep or sell to someone else never gets any of that, they get treated like they're any other normal animal that way they don't think they're anything special. My grandad taught me how to rear bulls. It's also why I don't halter train them, it can make them think they're special.

Ai bulls tend to be hard work anyway as you've got 300 bulls all in one shed and there's far too much testosterone about. They have the facilities to handle it though.

Doesn’t look it from their quarantine facility’s

 

[Will Blackburn]

Fairly recent research shows sweet spot in and around 5 lactations
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Looks to an office based calculation. In the real world get them gone while they’re fit and weigh well.

 

[Jdunn55]

Doesn’t look it from their quarantine facility’s

 

[Gulli]

Having known people who work in the studs, fancy sheds and facilities or not, it's still a bloody dangerous job

 

[Will Blackburn]

Having known people who work in the studs, fancy sheds and facilities or not, it's still a bloody dangerous job

Not as dangerous as farming.

 

[Jdunn55]

Having known people who work in the studs, fancy sheds and facilities or not, it's still a bloody dangerous job

Their sharpest bull turns 8 in 2 months time he's known for being clever and takes advantage of your mistakes. He's selling well though and is their oldest bull at stud now.

The biggest issue is the quiet friendly bulls, they'll catch you out.

 

[dinderleat]

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Is that the quarantine facility? Looks like yours is in a red brick building not that it makes any difference he’s still at a bull stud

 

[Ducati899]

Having known people who work in the studs, fancy sheds and facilities or not, it's still a bloody dangerous job

genus had one near us many years ago,was a fair sight in the summer seeing all the bulls out grazing

 

[som farmer]

Doesn’t look it from their quarantine facility’s

quite underwhelming the facility, for a proper AI stud

perhaps he's been scammed.................

 

[Jdunn55]

Is that the quarantine facility? Looks like yours is in a red brick building not that it makes any difference he’s still at a bull stud

That's the main stud, mine will move there in 4-8 weeks all being well.

they have 20 pens like where mine is, they move their after farm and then move to the main stud Once they pass their final round of tests. Quarantine is them emptied, cleared, disinfected before new bulls enter.

They take between 10-20 bulls every 2 months.

 

[Gulli]

Their sharpest bull turns 8 in 2 months time he's known for being clever and takes advantage of your mistakes. He's selling well though and is their oldest bull at stud now.

The biggest issue is the quiet friendly bulls, they'll catch you out.

No the biggest issue is working with bulls that are reared away from their dams.

That and as you just said those in charge are more interested in how well a bull sells rather that how likely it is to kill someone

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Their sharpest bull turns 8 in 2 months time he's known for being clever and takes advantage of your mistakes. He's selling well though and is their oldest bull at stud now.

The biggest issue is the quiet friendly bulls, they'll catch you out.

Who would the oldest bull be? Aladdin?