I would not want to hand milk the hind quarters on that cow.My young Jersey is heavy bred AI for a heifer calf. I thought I'd buy an extra Jersey calf or two to raise on the milk and sell. Now I think I'll just get my 13 year old cow bred also. Cost- $70
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It will take the calf away and dry her up, raise on a bottle. Lactation takes too much out of old Jerseys.
I plan to become a cattle magnate
Math.What is the actual purpose of giving that much for a bottle calf? I saw someone say grafting onto heifers that lost one to sell pairs, but that's a big chunk of green to risk.
I was on their FB page, scrolling through posts, and in January they had a 3 day old, Ang X Holstein bull calf that weighed 176 lbs! Could you imagine getting $1700 for a 3 day old calf?!!! IN the post that @sstterry , they said those were beef cross calves too. Man, if they sold like that every where, you'd never wean another calf again!$1,000 for a bottle calf. WOW
Sexed semen and embryos are a big factor! No need to have 50 percent of your calf crop as a loss of profit.Those prices are why so many dairy farmers are breeding half of their herds to beef now.... and why it is nearly impossible to find calves to graft on to nurse cows....