Stupid question

[Azriel]

Will a yearling steer only ride the cow or heifer he is with when they are in season, or will he just do it any time?

 

[Cricket]

Anytime. My horse seems to be fair game, too.

 

[Azriel]

Darn, I was hoping I would be able to tell when they were in season by when he was jumping them.

 

[PattySh]

The last steer I raised showed no interest in my cow at all and her heats were hard to read.We had her pasture bred at a friend's farm. We are raising a jersey bull calf to breed her back.

 

[Bossroo]

The last steer I raised showed no interest in my cow at all and her heats were hard to read.We had her pasture bred at a friend's farm. We are raising a jersey bull calf to breed her back.

Here is a GOOD question ... W H Y ???

 

[The Grim Raker]

The last steer I raised showed no interest in my cow at all and her heats were hard to read.We had her pasture bred at a friend's farm. We are raising a jersey bull calf to breed her back.

Here is a GOOD question ... W H Y ???

Well its absolutely nothing to do with his nuts missing bossroo is it
Sorry patty but you did leave yerself wide open to the boys I know you like a chuckle though

 

[jhm47]

Whether or not a steer/bull rides a cow is not the way to tell when the cow is in heat. She is in heat when she stands solidly for his riding. FYI: Cows will often ride other cows, especially if two or more are in heat at the same time.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

JHM's got it right. I've seen steers riding (or "bulling") other steers lots of times before (had one do it to me too one time), and always the one being ridden is moving away from the one mounting it if it can. If the cow or heifer stands still (like not against a fence or trapped in a corner, but like right in the middle of a corral or pasture) when the steer mounts her, that means she's in heat. If she moves away when he mounts then she's not in heat. Simple as that.


AND...no such thing as a stupid question!

 

[Bossroo]

The last steer I raised showed no interest in my cow at all and her heats were hard to read.We had her pasture bred at a friend's farm. We are raising a jersey bull calf to breed her back.

Here is a GOOD question ... W H Y ???

Well its absolutely nothing to do with his nuts missing bossroo is it
Sorry patty but you did leave yerself wide open to the boys I know you like a chuckle though

N O lauphing matter... Raising a Jersy bull calf will be quite an advetsure with serous consequenses. Many a dairy farmer has paid for doing this with cripling injuries as well as their own life. I hope that you have your life insurance all paid up and in full force and build a corral with 6 ft tall heavy guage all steel fences with electric wire. Bulls are unpredictable and ill tempered, especially dairy bulls... mature Jersy bulls are among the worst tempered of the lot.

 

[Azriel]

Thanks for the info, I hope to be able to use my neighbors Angus bull to pasture breed my cow, but I would like to AI the heifer. She is a Brown Swiss/ Shorthorn x and would like to go Jersey or Dexter for her first calf, and it would sure be nice to be able to tell when she is in season.