Woman Comes Back Home From College With A Bull

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1. Did they cut that bull's horns off, because it looks like he's practicing...

goring action—if you've watched the "Running of the Bulls" in Pamplona, Spain, or bullfighting, that's how bulls move their heads when they're trying to gore a person with their horns.

[Maraya1969]

2. I'm wondering if they cut his balls off too. I don't think there is anything wrong with it and it

would make him more passive like it does a dog.

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3. He'd be a steer then, right? I know if the woman knows it but adult bulls...

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are huge. Much bigger than cows. I worked on a dairy farm one college summer and they had Holsteins, the black and white ones, Guernseys, brown and white, and Jerseys, sort of a fawnist color all over. Jerseys are the smallest and their hind quarters come up to a man's waist. Guernseys are bigger with hind quarters coming up to about a man's bicep. Holstein's are huge as their hindquarters come up to a man's shoulder.

I'm saying that to say the bulls of each breed are much bigger. There was a Guernsey bull they kept in it's own enclosure—a square pen about 25 feet square with four sturdy steel posts anchoring it into the ground with concrete. That bull was so big it's hindquarters towered to the height of a man's head and you didn't want too get to close it. It's head and shoulders were gigantic and powerful and over a man's nead. Every once in a while it'd get irritated and start butting the steel posts and you could hear it echoing all over the farm. And that was the Guernsey bull. A Holstein bull would've been even bigger.

Anyway, that baby bull in the video looks like a Hereford bull, with white face. The ones seen in the cowboy movies on cattle drives. They'll grow to about the size of Gueurseys. And it's a bull so it'll be huge. I don't think the woman in the video knows what she's in store for.

It won't be playing around like a dog with that ball once it's a grown bull. I'm sure she'll have gotten rid of it by then.

[WhiteTara]

7. I was about 11 years old when we moved to the ranch from the city.

My dad bought some cattle and knowing nothing, we kids decided we would ride one of them. We chose a fairly young animal who was rather docile, so we climbed on and took turns riding up and down the center aisle in the barn. We were so giddy with the excitement at having had such a close encounter with an animal bigger than a dog, we were telling our neighbor who turned rather pale and explained the difference in heifers, bulls and steers. Our play animal was a bull.

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4. He's a polled hereford

They bred the horns out of that breed so they are born without them. He is not a steer, you can see his danglies. He's probably not mature looks about 16 or 18 mos old.

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5. Yeah, I figure he was a Hereford. Didn't know about horns bein bred out.

I've had some experience with bulls. See my post number 3. That animal is going to get a bigger.

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6. there are two separate hereford breeds

The traditional horned herefords go all the way back to animals brought over from Britain in the 1800s... they are often dehorned but you can tell this one is a polled hereford by the shape of his head that comes up to a point. Its not an especially large breed bulls will max out 1800 lbs or so compared to continental European breeds with longer legs that may get 600 lbs bigger or so. I've had a lot of Herefords their best quality is they are generally very laid back and docile compared to other breeds.

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8. That video buoyed my spirits.

I've been at home with a wicked cold for three days. Thanks for this!