What signs to look for in identifying mean bulls. 

Your right, you’re welcome!

Absolutely correct

Any bull I've ever been hit by has always been the bull you least expect. Yes temperament is a part but never trust a bull or cow for that fact always know your surroundings

I agree.

There needs to be a nursery with beef cows for these dairy calves. They need a few months of milk.

@@markpiersall9815 Well usually they get milk replacer consisting of milkpowder and palmoil

@@sebastianbroich8458 ground flour and water like a bastard. There are a number of things in mother's milk which makes it special. Go to a five year olds birthday party and see if you can tell which children were put on formula at birth and those who were nursed 36 months.

Whatever you do, don’t make a pet out of him or start rubbing his head!!!!

We love ours, so light and easy to use. The one thing that is easy to forget about is making sure to put bar oil in it😊

I have good luck with always keeping two tom turkeys. It seems to me they spend all their time worrying about each other and far less time concerned with me. When I show up both toms run, where one tom tom would possibly think about challenging me.

@@FarmFreshIB we have 2 tom turkeys now, and the bigger one always challenges me.

My parents raised 50 Tom turkeys up to 30-40 lbs. It was my job to feed and water them. It was like going to war going into their pen. I carried a baseball bat with me for personal protection. The bigger ones would gang up on me and try to spur or peck me. One day a big Tom came straight at me to knock me down, I caught him with a baseball home run swing right on his head. We had Tom turkey sandwiches for a week!!

Well spoken!

Agree. We had a newfie cross dog that never bit anyone but boy his bark! If you were on our property you’d better be a friend of ours. I like a protective dog.

I’m sure there is a difference, my nose doesn’t lie😊

That would really help the climate change/meat argument. Because all the vegan arguments are based on feedlot cattle. And we know how those feedlots smell.

That is good.

Absolutely not, if their aggressive they are coming after you. I saw a guy knock a ram down with a 2x4 to his forehead. The ram jumped up and came after him again like nothing had happened.

Aggressive rams are culls, for family & worker safety. Here are some steps to take to manage him till you can replace him. When entering his pen and while inside his pen: Carry a strong stick thats like one inch thick. If he charges you, step to the side (preferably behind an obstacle) and clip his muzzle with the stick, redirecting his momentum away from you. (Just avoid hitting his eyes) (if you smack him across the horns while he is in attack mode he will take it as a challenge, as if you are another ram bashing your horns with his horns) (If he is in flee mode, smacking him across the horns will make him feel pursued and drive home the message that you are above him) (Also grabbing him by the horns and lifting him up off his front feet while talking to him, will also send the message that you are stronger than him) Always watch your back. Never crouch in his pen. (crouching low will send the message that you are on his level) If you need to do chores inside his pen, consider bringing a second person armed with a strong stick to guard your back. You might have 3 different results. 1# a spoiled ram (a ram lamb when young, rubbed his head on people & got petted) will learn to treat people as greater than himself. 2# an aggressive ram will learn to fear/treat you as greater than himself, but will still attack other people. 3# an aggressive ram will still attack you and other people. In Short: Cull the ram when do able. Carry a strong stick. (how to use the stick) Watch your back. Never crouch. Bring a backup guard. (especially if needing to crouch) Stay safe :)🧍🛡️🌊🐏

@@SvenGreenHill2174 Thanks for the info.

Absolutely get rid of those mean ones

Rams with aggressive bad temperament can & will seriously / critically injure people so the same rules apply. A standing butt can knock down & seriously injure an adult. A running butt will fracture multiple leg bones, pelvis, and can fracture spine & ribs. If they hit again while person is down injuries can be fatal. Same thing with cattle, horses, goats & any other medium to large sized animals. Best practice is never tolerate and keep a aggressive animal.

@@robinwhitlatch4497 I raise Angus cattle on a small scale, but years ago one of my sons brought a small ram home to raise. Long story, I ended up with it and when it got big, it knocked me on my butt. I told my wife it had to go. She said I was exaggerating. LOL Several days later it butted her car door and the next day butted her when she got out to open a gate. He was small, but very tasty.

Absolutely correct!

1 quart of crossbow herbicide mixed with 5 gallons of red diesel fuel.

Very good decision Tauna!!!

Yes and it will kill all your clover in the pasture at the same time. Good way to go broke.

Grazon is a persistent herbicide that will also kill any legumes for years. Make sure if you're using grazon or hay sprayed with it, you're not using any of the cow manure or compost made from that manure on any garden. I bought compost made from horse manure from a friend. I didn't know her hay and pasture that she was giving to the horses had been sprayed with grazon. It ruined my garden for years. Couldn't grow any legumes and it severely affected my nightshade too. Well that's half my veggies :/

Just cover the leaves and not to the point of run off. Just spot spray.

@George Hofer I wish that worked, but the rate of dilution that still affects plants is really low. That's part of why it's a persistent herbicide. Not only does it have a long half life, but it doesn't take much to affect plants. It took me 4 years of heavily diluting my soil with unaffected compost before I could grow anything in it

Is that ok?

We sell animals every month of the year.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher are you selling at an auction barn, a slaughterhouse, or a private client or all of them? I am only halfway through your no risk ranching book and looking to start a MiG system in western Michigan.

We do not spray it. We only paint the outside edge of the freshly cut stump with a paintbrush. It kills the stump and prevents sprouts from growing back. If you don’t paint the stump, you will be back every year cutting the new sprouts off. Especially under your electric fence, once painted the stump you no longer have to worry about the tree growing back and shorting out your fence.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Tks for the reply.

Spend time with them in the pasture, sitting on a bucket. Moving them once to twice a day really helps. If you have some that stay crazy, sell them.

I use to sit on a bucket in the field & read a book out loud. Got them use to my presence and my voice. Did the same thing with horses that hadn't been handled much or off track horses that were still high octaine that I was hired to train / retrain for a second career.

We banded bulls at 24 months, no problems. Just make sure you give them a tetanus shot.

Prices change each year. All sold out this year in 8 hours! I guess we didn’t have our price high enough.

No these are polled animals. Polled means no horns.

We personally have never had a bull get mean as he grew older. You just have to be aware of the animals in your herd for any signs of aggression towards any human. Get rid of them.

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@@isaacfulton7731 I know the location, I couldn't hear it, have hearing issues, thanks

@@chiassoned5305 it's 1 quart crossbow to 5 gallons diesel fuel. Sorry I didn't understand the question. And I'm not sure if I spelled the chemical right

@@isaacfulton7731 crossbow what is that, Oil? Never heard of it. Must be something known where Greg lives. Thanks for you answer.

@@chiassoned5305 I didn't know it either. And had to go look it up. It's a weed killer. The diesel let's you stretch it. And probably makes it work better. I know some people use just diesel. Crossbow is almost 100$ a gallon.

You better practice your 100 yard dash!!!

Dairy bulls are absolutely monsters. They scare me just looking at them!!!

Your lucky that your alive to tell about it.

Yeah. Especially Holstein. Big.