Exercise prior to the breeding season will also reduce injuries from fighting and riding during the breeding season. Long, narrow paddocks may also be used. It is a good idea to locate supplemental feeding areas and water sources as far as possible apart to further encourage walking activity. The pasture or paddock should be a natural surface. It is important to have a well drained surface to get young bull's hooves hardened and accustomed to walking.
Bulls are a troublesome group of cattle to provide proper nutrition.
They are a relatively small group but can take up a lot of space. The tendency is to run all bulls together and hope that they won't do much damage to the facilities or each other. But, nutritional needs vary due to age and condition, so if young and old bulls are run together some bulls may not get the nutrition they need and others may get too much. Yearling bulls on performance tests have usually been on high energy diets. A mistake made occasionally is to turn the bulls that have been on a high grain ration out on very lush pasture or place them on straight high-quality alfalfa hay.