jersey bulls

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I have had 4 jersey bulls, the oldest was

3, but none ever got mean. They were all field raised. Starting on another boy right

now for next year’s breeding. I alternate angus and jersey bulls

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From: Tinybabe

Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004

9:22 AM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Re: Re:

Dehorning is against my religion

Well, most people you

talk to will tell you that a Jersey bull

" is the meanest thing on 4 legs " . They have killed more people

than any other breed of bull. Maybe you got lucky or they have worked on

temperament in your area. Out here, they are just flat dangerous and

people don't keep them unless they are a steer for the freezer.

When I got my minis,

every person I know was terrified for me because there was a bull in the mix

(trio of Mini Jerseys). Everything I

read said the minis weren't mean. My opinion on this is that when they

grew them big, they ignored temperament. What I have observed is that big Jersey bulls have lost their fear of man. Mini Jerseys have retained that and are very manageable.

Just last year a Jersey bull got a friend of mine and he spent 3 months in

the hospital. I would say you are very lucky to have the breeding that

you do.

Mini Jersey

don't get that big. Usually they max out at about 700-800 lbs.

However, Sammy the Bull was 39 " and weighed 1000 lbs. Maybe you have

a mini and don't know it. (LOL).

K.C.

Re:

Re: Dehorning is against my religion

Tinybabe wrote:

> *I totally agree with everything you have said.

I do want to mention

> that Miniature Jersey bulls are NOT the mean,

nasty animals of their

> larger distant cousins. I had a

Miniature Jersey bull who never got

> nasty with me. The only reason I had to

sell him was because he would

> get out and run onto the road and I was

afraid he would be killed or

> hurt someone in the car/truck that hit

him. *

> **

Hey. What do you mean. We have a six

year old Jersey bull who has no

ring in his nose. He is a perfectly behaved

gentleman. We have a two

year old bull who isn't too bad but, suffers from

second in command

syndrome. He still is very manageable.

Older bull is pushing a ton. Compared to a

couple 18 hand Percherons we

have, he is not all that big.

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[Guest guest]

I do not pet any of my stock, I do require that a milk

cow stand and tolerate some handling but the rest

should stay at least arms length away. I was pushed

down and wallowed by a " pet " Angus who was only 2 when

I was a teenager. Many times I can not be at home to

feed and my teenage sons or 115 pound wife must handle

it. Every animal eventually feels the end of a 3 foot

green switch. If they get close enough for me to hit

them, they are too close. They learn to stand back

pretty quick.

I had a bull comming 30 months last spring, he bred my

cows and even though he turned the trough over every

day, he would paw some but was not mean or dangerous.

Since he was purebred, I offered him to a dairyman,

who turned him in to a pasture with 22 heifers. He

settled them plus 15 dry cows who would not get bred

AI in 42 days. He then got so mean it took two people

to feed and check the cows. If you drove up in the

truck he would paw and bellow like he wanted to fight

the turck.

The took him to a stock sale.

There is no accounting for what may make an animal act

in a particular way.

Bill Dunlap

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