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You might want to call your local law enforcement agency to see what the law is about stray animals. To comply with the law you might need to advertise that you have found him and make a reasonable attempt to find out where he came from. On the other hand you would probably get away with just keeping him and eventually eating him. If he still has his testicles, I would really advise castration ASAP. Bulls, and especially dairy bulls can get very aggressive and even might become deadly as they mature. The only reason I would ever keep a dairy bull is if I had dairy cows that needed to be bred. And then only if I could keep him in a very secure pen. He may be friendly now, but if he is still a bull, that could change really fast. I don't have any experience with Gurnsey meat, but we raised several Holstein steers when I was a kid and they were OK eating. The meat isn't as marbled as a good beef breed, but it was good enough for us. The Holsteins seemed to have more bone and less meat than conventional beef breeds. We didn't pay much for the bull calves, which came from a neighbor's dairy. Cattle are herd animals and are not too happy if they are alone. If you have trouble keeping that guy in your fences, you might want to consider getting another calf to keep him company. That has worked for me. Good luck and good eating!
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