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Observe Herd Dynamics and Breeding Strategy

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HUGE BULL COMES TO THE FARM! But will he get the job done?

What happens here

The farmer discusses how cows, like chickens and people, have a pecking order, and the introduction of the new bull will lead to a 'dominance establishment.' He mentions another young bull, Cody, is also in the pasture, which might lead to some interaction. He explains the farm's breeding strategy, aiming for calves to be born during the spring flush (March-May). Since this year's calves were early, the bull was brought in slightly later. The farm runs a 'calf-calf operation,' raising calves to 400-600 pounds for market or selling beef directly from the farm. He expresses confidence in the bull's ability to breed the 29 cows and heifers.

Goal: The farmer explains the natural 'pecking order' among cows and how the new bull will establish dominance. He also details the farm's calf-calf operation strategy.

Tools and materials

  • Cattle
  • Fencing

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so cows just like chickens and just like people have a bit of a pecking order so they've got to get their pecking order established cody is a little bit of a young bull that was born last september and he's out here with this bull so there'll be a little dominance establishment going on here we'll see he might be ready to breed right away man so what we're doing here shooting for uh our calves to be born sometime in the may march april may is when we really want them to be born during the spring flush so it's the second week of july right now and uh therefore we'll have babies right when the grass really starts to flush the spring flush this year it was a little bit early we had our calves a little bit early so we were putting the bull in just a little bit late this bull is borrowed by my stepdad and we're actually doing a little swapping because he wanted little jack so bye bye little jack but hello bull and hello baby cavs [Music] oh [Music] looks like somebody's already getting acquainted here he's settling in pretty good no major issues very very nice bull guys let me know what you think about that bull very very nice bull oh you girls got to make me some babies so here's a down-low on raisin cows on this piece of property right here so we've got 29 cows right now cows i'm saying this is bovine animals okay some of these are young heifers which are cows that have not been bred and some of them are proven cows that have produced offspring for two years so far so what we're going to do is we're going to put the bull in here and he's going to breed our young heifers and our cows and this is a cow calf operation so what we'll do is we'll raise our calves up to about 400 500 almost 600 pounds and we'll take them to the market and sell them and or we'll beef them and we'll sell beef right off the farm so that's what's up so he's got a big responsibility in breeding all these cows but i think he'll do a great job it's going to be pretty awesome we'll keep you guys updated on the channel we'll probably come up here and check on him one more time just before we end this video so that's what's up putting the bull in awesome progress

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