keeps rubbing

glebe · Post by **glebe** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:48 am

Can any one help are bull has decided to start rubbing his coat off .
We have looked at his skin but can not see anythink moving on him .
All his wifes have nothink wrong with them.
He is eating and drinking no problem there.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:36 am

Is his coat being rubbed off at the base of his neck ? If he is using a ring feeder it could be the bars. In which case it will grow back once he's turned out again.

Colin

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:36 am

Some bulls do rub a lot which I suppose is why they keep lifting gates off the hinges. I have never heard why they rub and cows don't. You could treat him for lice and mites with a pour-on or powder etc, which is what we do when they are inside in the winter. Even the cows tend to get bald patches sometimes when indoors.

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:41 am

One of my bulls lost some of his coat one winter whilst inside, mainly down his spine I did give him an extra dose of pour on but am unsure as to whether this helped or not. I did brush him regularly to take the loose hair out and encourage new growth. As soon as he was let out in spring his coat came back no problem, I have never had the same problem with cows.
A bull that I hired in a couple of times was a magnet for flies, cows had very few but at times he seemed alive with them and I was kept busy putting repelant on him. Maybe the two issues are male things, proving that Man-Flu is real!

glebe · Post by **glebe** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:02 pm

Thanks for your comments it has put my mind at rest and yes we have bought them in because of the weather .
So do you think they get bored inside?

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:30 pm

I've got four bulls, 3 don't rub much at all, and one rubs on anything he can find, inside or outside. Fences, gates, trees, me!!! I've now put rubbing posts in any fields without trees for him otherwise my fences wouldn't last very long. In fact my icon is a picture of the culprit.

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