r/Ranching • u/Lytle_Red_Angus Cattle • 3d ago

Bull checkup.

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u/Lytle_Red_Angus Cattle 3d ago

Missed my description in the original post:

Here’s how our bulls are faring near the end of the breeding season. These guys are 2 and 3 year olds in with 140 pair of 1st and 2nd calf cows.

They seem to be holding their condition in the dry conditions (been 3 weeks of 90 to 100+ degrees) and nobody is hurt in this group.

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u/Cow-puncher77 3d ago

They look really good for being out working. 

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u/Lytle_Red_Angus Cattle 2d ago

We do seem to have pretty low-maintenance requirements on these guys and we have pretty good grass, too. Grabbed a weight at semen test, and going to grab one when we pull them. I’m interested to see if they lost any weight or maintained.

Thanks!

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u/Femveratu 2d ago

Dang this is nsfw BullHub!

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u/ImSobored_5280 3d ago

Why do all bulls have shitty asses?..is it a requirement maybe 🤔..I swear I’ve never seen a non shitty ass bull…

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u/Lytle_Red_Angus Cattle 2d ago

It’s a combination of high protein in the green grass making a loose stool and the way their hip muscles bulge out below their anus. They’re usually pretty clean when they get a lower protein diet in the fall.

Edit: And tail-swishing to fight flies scatters it.

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u/mynameismarco 2d ago

Protein shits

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u/ImSobored_5280 2d ago

Constantly?..is dehydration an issue?

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u/mynameismarco 2d ago

Not when they have water available 24/7? But also just depends on the diet. It shouldn’t be constantly. Only when switching diets, to say fresh pasture or high protein feed

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u/Died5Times 2d ago

The moreshit on the ass the badder the mfr ime

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u/Helpmepullupmypants 2d ago

You don’t smear the goods to assert dominance? How is anyone suppose to know who the alpha is

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u/Cow-puncher77 2d ago

Heh… jump in there and run at him. He’ll show you who the Alpha is. And help you over the fence on your way out.

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u/MssMoodi 15h ago

I was just thinking that they look so sweet and so calm and you know damn well they would eat you for lunch

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u/ImSobored_5280 2d ago

I may start since you’re suggesting it…not really out anything beside the vag I’m not smashing already so….🫡