Those with cows, can a bull thrive on his own or do you need 2? I'm considering leasing a small farm nearby to put all the males (ram, boar, bull) on when they're not needed to bread, but don't want to do it if I'm gunna create a monster by singling him out.
Discussion
If kept with a ram, the bull will bond with the ram.
Lit, that's what I thought but I was unsure
As you progress into the cattle business (assuming you're doing calving and finishing like us) you'll have steers you could use as companion animals as well.
Depending upon your target calving/lambing windows you try to hit you'll probably have periods where the ram and/or bull get put into service leaving the other alone.
We target shooting lambing and calving which means summer cattle breeding and late fall sheep breeding.
Pigs will want to bond with ruminants but it's not a strong mutual desire in our experience--depends on the personalities between the species.