Cows with bull

Yesterday morning I let the cows into the bull's part of the corral so they can eat his hay.  This is the last hay bale for the Spring, and after the bale is eaten they will be let out into the yard to eat grass.   I knew the cows would have eaten their hay bale by morning so when I woke up at 7 am I went outside to let the cows into the bull's part of the corral.  Then I went back to sleep as 7 am is early for me.

The calves loved being in the new part of the corral.  They ran around like wildfire and would jump and kick and twist and turn as they raced each other.  The bull immediately found that cow 20 was in heat.  He wanted to mount her.  She wasn't in standing heat and just wanted to eat some hay.   Around and around she moved to eat hay and the bull followed.  Cow 20 is a big cow.  While Fritz the bull has been getting bigger and taller this Spring, he still is smaller than cow 20.  But Fritz stood tall.  Where there is a will there is a way.  In the afternoon I saw that Fritz was eating on one side of the hay bale and cow 20 was eating on the other side.  I saw cow 20 had her tail sticking out a little bit as she ate.  Not normal when cows eat.  I think the tail stuck out slightly since the bull recently bred her.

The hay bale before I let the cows into this part of the corral.

One calf had decided to climb into the wooden feeder to pick at the leftover grass I had placed in there the evening before.

Photos of Fritz in action.

Once the calves settled down from running around, a number of them stuck their head through the fence to eat grass in the hayfield.

A few videos of the cattle.

Cows to hay bale.   23 seconds long.  https://youtu.be/GHk4SCDVMgg

Bull checking cow 20 out.   The camera's battery was getting low so I didn't get a video of him trying to mount the cow.  14 seconds long.   https://youtu.be/I9PdyQt-bzk