Help! first time hatching!

[Lacrystol]

If you have ever owned a bull or stallion you know how much work/money/ and stress it is to own one. It is MUCH easier to go with AI (Artificial Insemination). Also with the natural way there are dangers. Twice since I have got my bull he has mounted a cow and the cow was in a weird position when mounted and hurt or broke its hip. One of the cows had to be sent for meant because a broken hip in cows cannot be fixed. The other cow just severely bruised the hip and is ok but had to stop being milked and I lost all money that could have been made from her milk.

OMG, that's aweful..So how much weight is a bull? I mean to do that much damage they have to weigh a good TON

 

[Amykins]

OMG, that's aweful..So how much weight is a bull? I mean to do that much damage they have to weigh a good TON

That's precisely right! The average bull weighs 2,000 pounds. And they are among the stupidest animals I've ever seen. Great combo, eh?

 

[casportpony]

Google El Sinaloense, that was a nasty bull! Careful, search results might be disturbing.

-Kathy

 

[18angovem]

OMG, that's aweful..So how much weight is a bull? I mean to do that much damage they have to weigh a good TON

Well you have it about right! My bull weighed in at 2200lbs! Some weigh as much as 3000lbs! You have to be careful with natural breeding... I prefer AI but it is just not working for me....

 

[Lacrystol]

Well they get a two month break from milking before having a calf. They have to have a calf to produce milk so sorta yes you keep them pregnant to produce milk. But it also doesnt make sense to keep a cow and not have it be pregnant.... I thought you thought that we just injected semen like into their side or something not directly into the vagina.

OK so two months out of the year is there break time? Wouldn't having so many babies cause problems for them? I'm finding this quite interesting and always wanted to know what people do with so many cows..

Wouldn't that alone stretch out the hips and adventurally ruin them? How many babies can a cow have before it's time to say OK NO MORE FOR HER??


Injecting them, NO LOL

 

[18angovem]

WOW, are they really that sensitive???

What do you mean sensitive?

 

[casportpony]

Dairy cattle are not pets, lol.

-Kathy

 

[18angovem]

OK so two months out of the year is there break time? Wouldn't having so many babies cause problems for them? I'm finding this quite interesting and always wanted to know what people do with so many cows..

Wouldn't that alone stretch out the hips and adventurally ruin them? How many babies can a cow have before it's time to say OK NO MORE FOR HER??


Injecting them, NO LOL

Well dairy cows are bred to be breed a lot.... Dairy cows can have about 12 to 14 calves before I say enough. Most of the time the cows udder gets too low and she cannot be milked. Every time a cow has a calf its udder drops a bit. For the first 3yrs the udder barely drops but after 3yrs the udder drops quite a bit and eventually almost hit the floor and when the udder gets too low they cant be milked by the machine.... You do have to be careful with older cows because their hips are "stretched" a bit... Thats what happened to those cows with the hip problems caused by the cows. I actually dont have a too large dairy herd. About 150. Some have as many as 9000!

 

[18angovem]

Dairy cattle are not pets, lol.

-Kathy

Most of the time no! But with jersey cows they practically are dogs. Mine just follow me around like dogs and dont move at all while being milked. I can just walk up and inject medicine into them and they dont move at all. Though jerseys dont produce as much milk as big holsteins. Jerseys produce between 3-4 gallons of milk a day. Holsteins about 7-11 gallons a day. I keep 2 jerseys because their milk is very rich and adds richness to my milk; making more money when I sell it.

 

[18angovem]

Google El Sinaloense, that was a nasty bull! Careful, search results might be disturbing.

-Kathy

I feel bad for those horses..... I never really like how they breed the fighting bulls to be as mean as possible. A normal bull wouldnt do that to horses.... I mean bulls are mean but not evil, they just are pumped full of testosterone and that can cause many bad things to happen.