Just these three, one is her's, there all by the same bull. I'll probably just let her raise these this time around. Kind of hard to find calves that wouldn't be taking a big chance with and too high to risk losing.Lovely cow with a trio of calves!! One of each kind too.
That heifer is beautiful!
I could pull Dapples calves now and start 2 new ones, just ain't been able to buy any babies. She may just raise these 2 until weaning time this go round.
How many has she raised for you this time around?
She's supposed to be 5 years. Her tears are pretty good length. The back quarters could ideally be a little longer, but they aren't too bad. They are hard to get to from the side, the way are positioned it's easier to milk the back quarters from behind.Maybell sure has that classic Jersey face. How old is she?
Their temperament is not like other cows. On the Isle of Jersey for 100s of years they were 'house cows' that lived in the yard. They even try to come into houses.
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These modern commercial Jers have short little milking machine teats, not a good handful. It is the way it is, so this year I got a milking machine.
"A cow's teat size is determined by her genetics In the dairy industry, small teats are helpful for milk production because the smaller ducts improve milk flow and are less prone to infection. As a result, geneticists have focused on breeding dairy cows with smaller teats". It is possible to select AI bulls that throw a longer teat length.
Most people can't bring them day of the sale unless it is on Saturday. So, they bring them in after work the day before the sale.I have to ask, why are so many animals brought in the day before? So much weight loss in the heat.
Cattle, hogs, goats and sheep look good.
I hear that a lot. Lets consider something.Most people can't bring them day of the sale unless it is on Saturday. So, they bring them in after work the day before the sale.
Here they will discount those fat, full calves 30 to 50 cents.I hear that a lot. Lets consider something.
Lets say they have 10 500lb calves to sell. Unweaned calves can loose up to 8 to 10% but lets use.6% to be conservative.
So thats 30 lb per calf times 10 calves so 300lb. Figured at $3 a lb thats $900. More than i make at work in a day. Many of them will take a days vacation to go fishing or hunting but not to haul and sell cattle.
I love buying the overnight calves.
You have no way of knowing what a 500 lb calf weighed when it got there Monday night, They aren't weighed til they go into the ring. But I'd guess maybe a 5oo lb calf on Monday night, might loose maybe 10 lbs, if any. They sit there all night and the next morning, and eat good hay and have all the water they want. And, as you can see, pens aren't crowded and there isn't much stress. Back years ago when there was a Saturday sale in the next town over, they would dry lot the Friday calves, and use that as a selling point. A 500 lb calf that came in Friday nigh, k same quality and all, would bring say $3.10-$3.20 a pound, over the green one that came in Saturday and sold for $3 a pound. Right now it is not hot in there at all. But when it does get hot later on, there are huge warehouse fans in the ceilings, that pull the hot air out, and misters they will use in the 90 degree or more days.I hear that a lot. Lets consider something.
Lets say they have 10 500lb calves to sell. Unweaned calves can loose up to 8 to 10% but lets use.6% to be conservative.
So thats 30 lb per calf times 10 calves so 300lb. Figured at $3 a lb thats $900. More than i make at work in a day. Many of them will take a days vacation to go fishing or hunting but not to haul and sell cattle.
I love buying the overnight calves.
I see that also sometimes.Here they will discount those fat, full calves 30 to 50 cents.
Over the years i helped unload on Sunday for a Monday sale at 1pm. We had a certified scale in a difference area of the stockyard where we weighed loadlots that didnt go through the sale. We would weigh some if we weren't busy and compare to the next day.You have no way of knowing what a 500 lb calf weighed when it got there Monday night, They aren't weighed til they go into the ring. But I'd guess maybe a 5oo lb calf on Monday night, might loose maybe 10 lbs, if any. They sit there all night and the next morning, and eat good hay and have all the water they want. And, as you can see, pens aren't crowded and there isn't much stress. Back years ago when there was a Saturday sale in the next town over, they would dry lot the Friday calves, and use that as a selling point. A 500 lb calf that came in Friday nigh, k same quality and all, would bring say $3.10-$3:20 a pound, over the green one that came in Saturday and sold for $3 a pound. Right now it is not hot in there at all. But when it does get hot later on, there are huge warehouse fans in the ceilings, that pull the hot air out, and misters they will use in the 90 degree or more days.
It is interesting that Jersey cows are so kind and motherly yet the bulls are aggressive and want to kill people.