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<blockquote data-quote="Till-Hill" data-source="post: 1693906" data-attributes="member: 16547"><p>I am herdsman at 170 cow milking dairy. When I was in college I bought pair of Jersey bulls to breed group of Holstein heifers. I also started cross breeding hard breeders with Jersey, Ayshire, Montibilare, Norweigan Red, Milking Shorthorns and some Swiss. Always bred F1's to a different breed. So it started 18 years ago or so. At first the F1 crosses out performed the Holsteins in production and reproduction.</p><p></p><p>Now Holstein herd is 137 cows at 41.4 months old with 24,252 Milk, 1021 Fat, 759 Protein.</p><p></p><p>Crossbred herd (I've been selling them as fast as possible)</p><p>39 cows at 37.9 months old 21,210 milk, 943 Fat, 701 Protein.</p><p></p><p>I will say tho our crossbreds are smaller and in theory eat less. We are in sand bedded freestalls and a parallel parlor. Most of the crossbreds are being bred beef now.</p><p></p><p>If I could do it all over again I would cross breed Holsteins and get an F1 and breed all F1's beef. But F1's are sometimes small, sometimes huge. Sometimes hard breeders some times not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Till-Hill, post: 1693906, member: 16547"] I am herdsman at 170 cow milking dairy. When I was in college I bought pair of Jersey bulls to breed group of Holstein heifers. I also started cross breeding hard breeders with Jersey, Ayshire, Montibilare, Norweigan Red, Milking Shorthorns and some Swiss. Always bred F1's to a different breed. So it started 18 years ago or so. At first the F1 crosses out performed the Holsteins in production and reproduction. Now Holstein herd is 137 cows at 41.4 months old with 24,252 Milk, 1021 Fat, 759 Protein. Crossbred herd (I've been selling them as fast as possible) 39 cows at 37.9 months old 21,210 milk, 943 Fat, 701 Protein. I will say tho our crossbreds are smaller and in theory eat less. We are in sand bedded freestalls and a parallel parlor. Most of the crossbreds are being bred beef now. If I could do it all over again I would cross breed Holsteins and get an F1 and breed all F1's beef. But F1's are sometimes small, sometimes huge. Sometimes hard breeders some times not. [/QUOTE]
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