Vampire has bullseye for ladies as farm's most eligible new bachelor

And it just so happens to be Vampire's lucky day as he's been introduced to more than 45 lovely ladies at Forge Mill Farm.

The fully working farm, at Sandwell Valley in West Bromwich, bought Vampire five weeks ago and he will stay for the foreseeable future as its resident breeding bull.

Stockman Wayne Vale from West Bromwich said: "He is a great bull. Some can be a little bit difficult but he has a really nice temperament which is important on a farm like this.

"He isn't happy when you take him away from the ladies though."

Vampire arrived at the farm last month and has spent the last few weeks in quarantine.

"Vampire comes from a long line of breeding bulls so that is where his strange name came from," Mr Vale said. "Every animal has their own name and that is his.

"We were on the lookout for a breeding bull so we went to market to find one. We found out that another farm had one up for sale so we went for him instead.

"Although you have an agreement on trust with the other farm that everything will be normal you still have to be careful when you introduce a new animal into the herd.

"They can bring all sorts of things with them so we have to put them into quarantine for a while."

When Vampire was released from quarantine yesterday, Mr Vale said the ladies took to him almost immediately.

"The heifers seem to like him," Mr Vale said. "Not to be crude but he has already started paying them visits and getting to work as it were.

"We will keep him for a few years until he starts interbreeding and then we will have to move him on as we can't have that.

"I do not think that will be for a while yet though, he has got quite a few potential partners to get through first."