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Yes and no. Occasionally a virgin bull with very little to no experience mating with a herd of cows will tag along with one cow and ignore the rest of the cowherd. Most of the time, in a breeding season, one bull will be able to settle as many cows as he can, often up to 50 if he's that good and if he doesn't have to travel far to service his girls. In a herd where the producer likes to keep some of the females born from his cows as replacements, another bull is needed to service those replacement heifers, and if the original bull is good enough to be kept, he will be used again the next breeding season on those same cows. This is actually mimicking what the bovine relatives like bison will do in the wild, though with every breeding season one bull may get a different harem each season, depending on his age and status as "Top Bull." However, in some cases where there is only one bull for a herd, he will have to mate with the same cows every year to keep producing offspring with his genetics.
If a bull is showing signs of weakness, infertility, old age or poor conformation, he will either be culled from the herd by the producer, or, if he's in the wild competing with other bulls, he will be ousted from his harem[s] by younger more viable bulls that will take over and spread their genetics around. In cases where bulls are raised on a farm or ranch, often the producers let the bulls cull themselves out by how they are able to keep up with breeding the same cows every year. If a bull isn't meeting the standards of settling cows every year, and a fair number of cows come up open, he will be semen tested then shipped to be made into ground beef. When a bull is culled, a new, even better bull is needed to be of service to the producer's cows.
In terms of cow herds where artificial insemination is necessary, sometimes one cow may be bred with the semen of the same bull she has been bred to the previous year. Often though, a herd of cows will not be bred to with the semen of the same bull every year, especially if the calves that came out of those AI'd cows weren't what the producer wanted or was hoping for. The beauty of AI allows a herd of cows to be bred to different bulls, sometimes one cow per bull, to get the best offspring as possible.
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Does a bull mate with the same cow more than once?
Yes. A bull will mate with a cow more than once during her heat cycle if he is so inclined and if he has few other cows to mate with.
How do you mate a cow?
Put her with a bull or get her artificially inseminated.
What does a bull mate with to get a cow?
A cow is a mature female bovine that has already had at least two calves. A bull is a male bovine that is used to breed cows. Therefore, a bull mates with a cow to produce a calf that has a 50% chance of growing into a cow or a bull.
How many a bull or a cow can mate a year?
A bull can mate with up to 50 females per year. A cow mates only once a year. If she comes up open though, she will be bred more than once.
Is it true that a bull will only mate with a cow once?
Typically yes. But in reality, not really.
Does a bull mate with the same cow more than once?
Yes. A bull will mate with a cow more than once during her heat cycle if he is so inclined and if he has few other cows to mate with.
Where do bull animals come from?
Bulls are male cowsWhen a bull and a cow (all cows are female)'mate' if the cow has a 'male' cow its called a 'bull'
How do you mate a cow?
Put her with a bull or get her artificially inseminated.
What does a bull mate with to get a cow?
A cow is a mature female bovine that has already had at least two calves. A bull is a male bovine that is used to breed cows. Therefore, a bull mates with a cow to produce a calf that has a 50% chance of growing into a cow or a bull.
Do platypuses mate for life?
No. Bull Hippos fight each other to decide who gets to mate with the cow hippos. When the baby is born the mother is careful to keep it away from the bulls, as they will kill it in order to make the cow ready to mate again. The next time the cow may well mate with a different bull.
How many a bull or a cow can mate a year?
A bull can mate with up to 50 females per year. A cow mates only once a year. If she comes up open though, she will be bred more than once.
Is it true that a bull will only mate with a cow once?
Typically yes. But in reality, not really.
Do angus bulls only mate when it is dark?
Angus bulls are first opportunity breeders - when a cow is in heat and receptive, the bull will mate.
What does a cow and a bull have in common?
They're both of the same species, just opposite sexes. They have the same of everything, except the bull has male reproductive organs and the cow has female reproductive organs, and the bull has more muscle mass on him than a cow does.
Is it normal for a bull to try to continue to mate a cow even after breeding it?
Yes, especially if the bull has such high libido (or is really "horny" all the time).
How many times does the Bull mate with the same cow?
Only once is necessary to get her settled. However, during a heat period, one cow can be bred to multiple bulls (if there are that many) more than once during her heat period.
What are the instincts of a bull on a farm?
To mate with as many cows as he can before he succumbs to exhaustion or injury or until the farmer determines when the bull should be pulled from the cow herd.
