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Offline KevinC

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Introducing a yearling heifer to a herd with a bull???
« on: August 22, 2011, 03:30:08 PM »
Here is a classic problem for us small herders...

I'm in the process of buying a new year old heifer.  My existing herd is all 2 year old heifers with a 1 year old bull.  I'm fine with the bull servicing the 2 year olds (more in another post on that), but don't want him breeding any new 1 year old heifers.  Although I have a seperate field, I'd hate putting a new heifer in one all alone, out of sight of the rest of the herd.

Any clever solutions to this one?  I hear its pretty low risk that the 1 year old would breed (although not unknown).