Fritz now with the cows

Today I let Fritz out of the south corral so he can be with the cows in the north pasture after I put out a large hay bale in the north pasture.  The cows were already eating at the hay bale.  Fritz slowly came out of the corral checking things as he went.   After he joined the cows the action began.  The cows have seen him though the corral fence and know of him.  But some cows didn't want him near them, and certainly not next to them eating from the hay bale.  A lot of head-to-head pushing.   While Fritz is a bull, the cows are bigger.  Therefore they could push him back.   Other cows ignored him and just wanted to eat hay.  It was getting dark at the time.  I'll see tomorrow how they are interacting.  Hopefully the cows will get it out of their system and accept Fritz to their group.

The previous bulls I had were accepted right away.  But then, they were larger than Fritz.  The last time I got a cow, Sugar and her calf, it took a long while for the cows to accept a newcomer.   And tragedy happened when I believe some cows pushed the heifer into the river during a cold snap the frost Winter.   The heifer froze and drowned as it could not get back onto the shore.   That should not happen again as I changed/made improvements to that drinking spot at the river.

Fritz leaving the corral to join the cows at the hay bale.

Fritz is in the middle between two cows.

By now Fritz didn't want to push against another cow and would walk off.

Here is a short 23 second video of Fritz and a cow tussling.  https://youtu.be/-B5LC4bvvdk

With Fritz out of the corral I put the two replacement heifers in the south corral to eat hay from there.  I don't want them to get impregnated until next June. I put the heifers into the loading corral first.  Then let the cows out of the corral.  Then Fritz.  Then I let the heifers out of the loading corral and they went right away to the south corral.  Job done.

I also put out another hay bale in the middle pasture.  That way on Thanksgiving I don't have to spend time to put out a hay bale.  Also, my new tractor now has an issue.  Forward/Neutral/Reverse is due to a lever on the steering wheel.  The stick shifts on the floor are for speed - not for forward or reverse movement.  The lever on the steering wheel apparently is now an electrical thing.  The problem now is that my tractor now will self-shift to neutral after 10 seconds even though the lever has not moved.  Over and over after I re-shift the lever over and over.   After some time the lever will stay "connected" and I can keep going for a while.   The lever has a sensor so if one gets out of the seat the tractor will re-shift itself to neutral.  Ok, but I am sitting in the seat when this current problem happens now.  I talked to the John Deere dealer about this and no solution yet.  So it takes me longer now to put out a hay bale.