Swan View Ranch has become home to a number of great looking Boer bucks. In fact, we have more bucks now than we ever have in the past—a total of five. We’re super proud of these guys, but as you probably know, they tend to be a bit competitive.
That can present a challenge when you’re trying to keep everyone sheltered—especially when the weather gets cold and blustery and wet and snowy, which it’s doing way too soon this year!
Now some of our guys are a little more laid back than others. They can be housed near their brotherly neighbors and get by just fine.
But some tend to be a bit more concerned about retaining their position here, and thus get a little more aggressive toward each other, especially at breeding times.
Eh-hem. We’re speaking of our dear Pete, the handsome fellow who just loves to show off, and Ole, our new addition who likes to persuade the ladies that he’s really the one to go with. I mean, look at his muscles (below)!
Well, it just so happens that these two boys ended up next to one another. We couldn’t really help it. It was just the way the logistics worked out up at the barn. But they let us know they were not happy about it, and the activity at the fence was getting a little heated.
Though Ole confined his remarks to snorts and head-butts to impress the ladies, Pete was a little more expressive, as he always has been. (Read about his conversation with Gerald over new pens here.)
We had to come up with a solution. We’d noticed other breeders use electric wire when needed with their bucks, so we decided to give that a try. We put it around the pen between Pete and Ole. It’s working. They’re much better behaved now. But as you can see, Pete didn’t really like it. (Notice how rudely he’s sticking out his tongue.)
Oh well. Not much we can do about it.
At least that’s what Gerald told him.
Sometimes life on the farm is a lot like kindergarten.
