Yeah I was standing right behind them while DH took the pic. And I didn't let them hang out for long. I only put DD on the ground for a second.WildRoseBeef said:Nice pics.
Just a word of caution though, I'd be real careful about letting your kids hang around a Jersey bull like that.
And that brockle-faced brindle heifer needs a bit more groceries too.
Posts like this make me want to disregard any posts regarding the dangers of bulls. It's soooooo melodramatic. I get that people on this forum are not bull people, but we must remember that even for those who AI, bulls are necessary to keep cattle herds going and somebody has got to own them.Bossroo said:
This is almost as bad as the woman who believes that if she buys a pig, it will eat her. 
Since as you said, people on this forum are not "bull people", sometimes points need to be made VERY clearly in order for the seriousness of the matter to be understood. Bulls are not something to mess around with, and I would never recommend a first time cattle owner to get a bull, a Jersey bull at that. I've worked with several bulls (on dairy farms) and one in particular kept a bull running with each group of cows. They ONLY kept young bulls, and it was made very clear to me to keep one eye on the bull at all times when I was in with the cows. I was told if a bull even looked at me cross ways to let them know and that bull would be shipped out immediately. Bulls can go from "fine" to "stomp you" in a split second.CESpeed said:Posts like this make me want to disregard any posts regarding the dangers of bulls. It's soooooo melodramatic. I get that people on this forum are not bull people, but we must remember that even for those who AI, bulls are necessary to keep cattle herds going and somebody has got to own them.
I get that because cattle are big even the sweetest one can cause an unintentional injury but this post? Please.
That said, I don't know that I would necessarily trust a bull that I just bought unless I knew he had been loved his whole life. Like any adult animal, unless you know how they were treated growing up, even if you love on them, they do have the potential to turn on you.
You have a beautiful herd. I can't wait until the day I get mine.
Think what you may... but i have first hand experience with many breeds of beef and dairy bulls so I have to state the real world facts. My father was a Vet. that worked with dairies when keeping a bull was the norm before AI. He told us kids many a story of severly injured farmers and of THREE ( he saw one of his clients actually in the act of being killed in the bull pen being tossed like a rag doll, my dad tried to help but that farmer was already dead) that were KILLED during the 1950's decade in the 1 county in Cal. that he worked. Yes, bulls need to be kept in the AI age. However, bulls are kept and cared for by professional bull handlers in very secure envronments and as safe as possible working conditions. NO amatures anywhere near.CESpeed said:Posts like this make me want to disregard any posts regarding the dangers of bulls. It's soooooo melodramatic. I get that people on this forum are not bull people, but we must remember that even for those who AI, bulls are necessary to keep cattle herds going and somebody has got to own them.Bossroo said:
I get that because cattle are big even the sweetest one can cause an unintentional injury but this post? Please.
That said, I don't know that I would necessarily trust a bull that I just bought unless I knew he had been loved his whole life. Like any adult animal, unless you know how they were treated growing up, even if you love on them, they do have the potential to turn on you.
You have a beautiful herd. I can't wait until the day I get mine.
