Two months later Mika was still the Alpha bull and all but one heifer was carrying a calf. The other bulls were now only allowed in the field when the females and Mika were not there. He was allowed to field with the females all but one, it was thought, carrying his calves.
They fawned on him in the field, waiting for him to acknowledge them, but he walked around the fence. Across the field he could see the last heifer, Beth, being led into the field on a lead. The other heifers moved away from her but Mika didn't come forward. He waited to see what the handlers would do.
He saw Elise coming toward him, lead in her hand and he moved to allow himself to be leashed.
"Mika, this is the last heifer. She has always been a problem with breeding. We want to see how she responds to you. If she gives you trouble, we have a solution for her. I will make sure you aren't hurt. Do you understand?"
Mika nodded his head and mooed his response, letting himself be moved to near the female. He could smell the scent from the females he had become accustomed to associate with breeding. Smelling it from her he stood up straighter, his cock twitching in anticipation.
The heifer backed up, an angry moo escaping her. Mika responded with his aggressive sound, demanding the female submit. She twisted in her lead, trying to get away, squealing as he stepped even closer.
Taking two more steps, Mika stomped a hoof and repeated the sound, seeing the female tremble and returning her own angry sound. One more step and she lashed out with a front hoof, catching Mika on the shoulder.
Furious that a heifer would try to harm him he moved forward and shoved her to the ground, their leads getting tangled. The heifer continued to fight, this time lashing out with her back hooves. One caught Mika on the shoulder and the other in the middle of his chest.
As he tried to move forward to punish the heifer he heard a voice. "Mika, wait. Back up." he heard Elise's voice commanding. A moment's hesitation earned him a strap on the rump and hard tug on the lead.
He mooed his fury at the heifer as he was taken to the barn. Shaking his head from side to side, trying to extract revenge on the ground with his hooves.
Elise led him past his stall and to a machine he had never seen. There was a piston in the middle of it, long leads coming from the top and fell to leather just at the reach of his collar. She clipped his collar to one of the leather leashes and slapped his rump.