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Nightmare before Christmas

Nightmare before Christmas

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I have had a mental few days! One smart horse keeps jumping out fields wanting to come in and no matter what I try she keeps getting out!

The field next door also has some heffers in and a bull. The bull keeps walking though the holes in the hedges onto the road! I keep chasing him off the road and locking him in my driveway. This has been going on for a few days. The police have been involved. The cattle have had no water for two weeks and although I keep giving them buckets (which isnt enough) it is not my issue! Anyway no farmers in the area know who owns this bull and the tag numbers arnt on a database! I now have a vet and trading standards coming today to sort it out! Stress

I also dropped a haylage bale on my foot and cut my hand quite deep yesterday!

Very stressed and currently hate animals!

Oh and its rained again so holding up menage building work even more.

Just needed a rant
 
yes he is getting p***ed off! He managed to squish me up the hedge at one point. Good job I am used to and dont mind bulls! But could have ended badly hence we got the police involved. Will be interesting to see what today brings!

He is a nice young bull and I would hate to see him shot because he is a danger on the road, as after 3 days of keep being lose and chased to safer places he is now starting to threaten and charge, just because of some stupid farmer who will be getting a mouthful if I see him!
 
Quick call to the local animal health office will sought out the problem.

WARNING; it doesn't matter how quite or calm the bull is, keep away. I work with our bulls and even the docile ones can get u if u push or shoo them to much. I know and it hurts, so please for ur own safety keep away from him.
 
If they have tags in their ears they have to have a holding number and belong/ be registered to someone especially if they are young cattle. We have a farm with beef suckler cattle and we cant order replacement ear tags without providing our herd/ holding number and details. They " should" have 2 tags in, usually 1 small metal tag and 1 large yellow one, but can have 2 yellow ones instead. If you can get the full eartag number ( usually 1 set of 6 numbers above another set of numbers ( usually 6 too but not always ) and pm me them with details of where they are I will see if I can help at all. Be very careful around the bull, he is threatening already and if thirsty that will make him bad tempered, unpredictable and ultimately dangerous. If you cant get close enough over a fence then try numbers off the heifers. If its a dairy bull, ( black/white or jersey/ guernsey) stay well away from it they are usually very dangerous and much more so than your beef bull.

Our bulls are generally quiet but we never EVER trust them and if around them we always carry a stick. Hope I can be of some help.
 
Echo what the others say about being very wary with bulls. They are very strong and can cause you a lot of damage.

Very strange about the lack of tags. If so, they will have to go to slaughter. I wonder if they were stolen and dumped, because cattle are valuable and owners usually look after them well.

The only other situation I have heard of like this was where there was more or less a feral herd that belonged to some very old/incapable farmer and in the end the Trading Standards and police were involved and the whole lot had to be shot and carted away.
 
You dropped a haylage bale on your foot....try getting crushed by two 1tonne hay bales falling from 10ft high. I'm lucky to be alive! Scariest moment of my life so far I think! :(
 
:echo: the others who have said stay away from the bull. I have worked with them for 25 years and I certainly know to 'never trust a bull'!

After a few near misses you would never catch me without a bull proof 'escape route'. (we have human size gate & wall gaps on farms) And if I go into the field with them I make sure I take a stick and a vehicle!
They are extremely unpredictable and even the most seemingly docile beast can turn in a nano second!

Many farmers/stockpeople are killed & maimed every year and if anybody 'knows' & are 'used to' bulls it`s them!
 
I know about bulls dont worry. My other half has a farm! Farmer came and moved them to another field down the road. After losing them down the lanes for around 20min! Useless. He didnt care they had no water ect. They only have one yellow tag. No metal one. Trading standards are coming today and also a vet, Someone else sorted this not me! So we shall see what happens.
 
Stop dealing with this persons loose animals. They will not thank you for it and you are putting yourself in harms way.
Ring department of agriculture/defra for advise and report your concrns about lack of water and poor fencing and a loose bull.The herd will be registered thats why the animals have tags.If the bull is on the road then ring the police to alert them.

Bulls,quiet or not, are very dangerous animals.
In all the on farm fatalities where livestock are concerned bulls are responsible for around 50 percent of the deaths...in spite of the fact they are 2 percent of the population.
Stop putting yourself at risk and make the farmer take responsibility for his stock.After a visit from defra or the police he is more likely to fix his fencing or move his herd.
 
Finally found farmer. He said thanks for getting it off the road and he didnt care there was no water. He said they could lean against the fence and use mine! He has now moved them down the road after losing them down the lanes. Inspector has been and has found grounds to take matters further. Hooray no longer my issues! And confirmed animals arnt tagged correctly!
 
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