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Don't that just frost ya??? Maybe you should do some A.I.ing.....
I know you would be great at it...
We haven't bought a bull in years and it's not quite as painfull if they get hurt.
 
Sometimes they can fix it. At Auburn Univ. Vet School it costs around $1200 with about a 60% success rate.

I'd eat him too. Too bad.
 
It is never fun when this happens, but like my neighbor says, you can't be a rancher in nothing ever dies, gets sick or hurt.
 
I am sorry Lilly. Was he finished or do you need to replace him quickly? He could bring 70cents at the sale barn if he is in good flesh. But then if he is young he should eat OK.
 
He's right at 19 mo old, and was turned out in April along with two other bulls. I don't think he'd be bad eatin. He's lost a lil bit since he's been turned out. But he's been workin.

We were discussin puttin him in the freezer, and wondered if it would be best to put him back in the pen, and feed him a lil while. Or take him strait to the packin house? Swellin means fever right? Here they won't kill anything that has fever anywhere. (went thru this when Emory broke a leg a few years ago, but he got ok and worked 3 more years)
I've seen the swellin go down in a deal like this, but it took a couple months. Neighbor had one that got broke, and he left it alone, but the bull wasn't breedable anymore.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
He's right at 19 mo old, and was turned out in April along with two other bulls. I don't think he'd be bad eatin. He's lost a lil bit since he's been turned out. But he's been workin.

We were discussin puttin him in the freezer, and wondered if it would be best to put him back in the pen, and feed him a lil while. Or take him strait to the packin house? Swellin means fever right? Here they won't kill anything that has fever anywhere. (went thru this when Emory broke a leg a few years ago, but he got ok and worked 3 more years)
I've seen the swellin go down in a deal like this, but it took a couple months. Neighbor had one that got broke, and he left it alone, but the bull wasn't breedable anymore.
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Others can give you much better advice but 19 mounths is a little old I would think.
 
Sometimes guys will castarate them if they are young and cut out the broken tool then they have them urinate like a heifer feed them and slaughter.

We killed a 3 year old steer last fall that had broken his leg he grew slow but he's GOOOOOOOOD Eating.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
Lilly, I process bulls at 24-28 months...he'll eat just fine. You might as well put some condition back on him because you are going to have to keep him until his problem clears up...can't be processed yet and the yard will steal him.
 
OH dang it Lilly...sorry to hear about yur dilema...must be the year for bull problems...we've lost 5 herd bulls due to broken bones and bad attitudes...they didn't even make it to summer pasture first! No matter how many bulls ya have...it's still a problem when they get hurt...(don't Arby's like bull meat?)...lol
 
katrina said:
Don't that just frost ya??? Maybe you should do some A.I.ing.....
I know you would be great at it...
We haven't bought a bull in years and it's not quite as painfull if they get hurt.
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Great minds think alike. :D
 
For about $100, your vet should be able to perform a "heifer operation" on him.

He'll go in about 6" below his anus, and grab the penis right in the sigmoid flexure, then pull it out the back. He then cuts it off, and stithces it to the hide, and you better not stand behind the bull when he pee's. It'll shoot 20 feet!

But, he should heal right up, then you can feed him for a month or so and get some fat on and IN him for better eating.

Dry burger's and flavorful roasts, but better if you get some fat in him.

Badlands
 
Denny said:
Sometimes guys will castarate them if they are young and cut out the broken tool then they have them urinate like a heifer feed them and slaughter.

We killed a 3 year old steer last fall that had broken his leg he grew slow but he's GOOOOOOOOD Eating.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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We also killed a 2+ year old steer last fall that had a broken leg. he also grew slow and was much better eating than the much youger heifer that was feed with him. He was a simmy char cross she straight angus.
 

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