Keeping the bull from breeding too soon is one of the reasons I have some fall calving cows. I can then move him around so that I can time my calving time. I calve the spring group in Apr.-May. So I don"t want the bull back with them until Aug. or Sept. I want the fall group to be breed in Dec.-Jan. to calve in Aug.-Sept.
So I put the bull in with the Fall group in Dec. and he stays there until Late July or Aug. Then he goes in with the spring group until Dec.
This way the bull does not breed the easier breeding cows too soon but still has time to get his job done.
I have done it this way for many years. It makes the calving season go much easier. You don"t have to watch all of the time for calves. Also by having the two groups I can keep heifers away from the bull too. I can rotate them opposite the bull. This way I don"t have to have separate pastures for them.
The down side is you have to have two separate pastures for this to work. I have a rented farm that has a smaller pasture that the fall calving cattle stay on. It works well because it is a few miles away. So the bull does not jump back in where he should not be.
If you don"t have the pasture or the numbers to do it this way you can just pen the bull for a few months until your cows get in step better. Let the most of them calve before you let the bull back in with them. If you do this for several years you can get them in shorter breeding/calving window.
That will make your life much easier. Less labor watching the cows and you can treat the calves and them in larger groups. Setting up to treat two calves is not much shorter than doing twenty.
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