gomer bulls

[indianafarmer]

Located in central indiana and was wanting to use a gomer bull for the first time. Is there any farms that sell gomers or does anyone know where one could be bought? Always used to put implants in cows but it seems like it maybe isn't as consistent. If you have any knowledge let me know. Thanks

 

[CAB]

Here's a # that I saw in the Nebraska Cattleman's Classic catalog. 816-805-5054. You may also want to ck with your local vet to ask what he would charge to make you a sidewinder and look for a bull calf through a local salebarn if that seems like a viable option. Better yet if you had one of your own late bull calves that you could fix up so as not to introduce anything new into your own herd.

 

[Steve123]

Find a local dairy and get one of their bucket calves. Do a straight vacectomy, cheaper and easier on the bull. They are easy to handle when filling the marker everyother day. But don't keep them to long they get mean quick.

 

[kfacres]

Find a local dairy and get one of their bucket calves. Do a straight vacectomy, cheaper and easier on the bull. They are easy to handle when filling the marker everyother day. But don't keep them to long they get mean quick.

speaking of markers.. I'd like to know everyone's experience with using them.  We invested in a bull point marker a couple years ago, and yes even the $40 per gallon ink... and used it for a couple of weeks..a nd put it back in the cabinet.  We put it on our bull- to just get a good idea when he was covering a group of cows while we weren't watching. 

It seemed to me that everytime they went to the bunk, or hay ring-- the bull would push in the middle (like they do), and he'd color the whole topline of the cow.  It seemed that after about 2 days, every cow in the pen would be painted up *green*, like you wouldn't imagine-- and I know that most of them had not been in heat. 

I thought it would be a great idea, as we use a marking harness on our rams- and it works awesome... however, the paint is on his brisket instead of his chin-- thus preventing that problem-- and forcing a mark only when he jumps her.

Anywone else have similar thoughts- or what I have done wrong?  I guess that maybe if I just had a bull with cows out on pasture- say in June-- that might work-- instead of breeding for fall calves and feeding a little grain/ hay.

 

[shorties]

Find a local dairy and get one of their bucket calves. Do a straight vacectomy, cheaper and easier on the bull. They are easy to handle when filling the marker everyother day. But don't keep them to long they get mean quick.

speaking of markers.. I'd like to know everyone's experience with using them.  We invested in a bull point marker a couple years ago, and yes even the $40 per gallon ink... and used it for a couple of weeks..a nd put it back in the cabinet.  We put it on our bull- to just get a good idea when he was covering a group of cows while we weren't watching. 

It seemed to me that everytime they went to the bunk, or hay ring-- the bull would push in the middle (like they do), and he'd color the whole topline of the cow.  It seemed that after about 2 days, every cow in the pen would be painted up *green*, like you wouldn't imagine-- and I know that most of them had not been in heat. 

I thought it would be a great idea, as we use a marking harness on our rams- and it works awesome... however, the paint is on his brisket instead of his chin-- thus preventing that problem-- and forcing a mark only when he jumps her.

Anywone else have similar thoughts- or what I have done wrong?  I guess that maybe if I just had a bull with cows out on pasture- say in June-- that might work-- instead of breeding for fall calves and feeding a little grain/ hay.

It takes practice when heat detecting, watch the gomer jump and mark a cow and you will see the correct marks, you will see how the paint goes in certain directions, normally when we heat detect the cow is painted up like crazy! just a couple marks usually mean that it was accidental! We actually mix colors so its brighter and only breed the cows that were rode numerous times.

 

[kfacres]

I suppose it does take practice... but then again, I'm used to seeing something like this.
http://www.freewebs.com/showsheep/apps/photos/photo?photoid=80930899

 

[Ausley Family Farms]

My grandpa has been AI'ing since the 70's and has gone through a ton of gomer bulls. For the last 15 years we have used Jersey bulls. They seem to be a little more aggresive when i comes to breeding. It also seems like they will start following the cows a couple days before regular beef bulls will. We have never had any problems with our gomers being aggressive towards us and we typically keep them tilll they are at least 5 years old.