OK, I mis-read. Thought you were asking what kinda bull to breed those heifers to, that would make them bring the most money as bred heifers. You wouldn't see the calves! @Caustic Burno , you ought to post that pic of your "ugly" BR x Jer cows! But if you now intend to raise those heifers' calves to sell to home milk cow buyers, then why would you breed them to any thing other than a Jersey?!!
These the ones you were referring too?
Everything you say is true and where you are I wouldn't breed them Brahman either.
Those are really good looking. Wish there was a market for them where we are. Anything with ear is docked heavily here.
Actually, you posted a pic of 3 Jersey heifers and asked " What do you think these three will bring as bred heifers for family milk cows?" Which would lead one to believe you would be selling them as BRED, not as a pair. So how would you see their calves?!!
Yes sir! And you breed these to Angus right? if you posted these for sale tonight, they'd be sold before supper tomorrow. If we do fill that new 400 acre pasture with Brahmas, as I want to, then I will AI_20-25 of them the first year with sexed for female Jersey semen.
Whew! OK, I am lost. If you sold those 3 heifers you had in that pic as bred heifers, that means the buyer gets them while that calf is still in the womb. So, regardless of what they are bred to...Jersey, Brahma, Watusi...whatever.....how would you ever even see those calves , much less have to raise them?!! .
Warren... I think she's saying she doesn't want to look at the crossbred heifers that she would be selling as bred heifers. NOT the calves they would produce.
I don't know anyone personally who has one as a home dairy cow in production. I do have someone I've been helping along their journey to having their own home dairy cow who has a brown Swiss heifer. Their family is big time dairy and they were gifted the calf. Now I know why.
I've been wondering how she would do. She's just now reaching breeding age so we have a while. I told them if I liked what I saw when she was producing I'd breed her for them and buy the calf minus my breeding costs. Learning this I am thinking that won't happen. They aren't bad in the diary herd but then I'm not working with them like I am my own home cows. I do see their production numbers and they certainly do fall under not as cost effective. They added some for the components aspect but I believe they are slowly being culled from the herd.But as @Warren Allison pointed out... if she sells them as bred heifers, it won't matter what they are bred to since she will not be looking at the calves to raise up.... The only possible heifer calves she would have on the farm of her OWN to raise would be what she breeds her old cow to and the current young cow she is milking.... and they are already slated to be bred to sexed jersey semen...
They have production sales of these F-1’s from time to time.
Yep. Someone just bought the first 3 I got out of those dairy nurse cows. They were just 7 mos old, but were growing like hell over there at Mike's conditioning lots on his custom growth formula. Dude saw them and asked about buying. I told him I was raising them to breed and sell as bred heifers,, just about a year from now. I said they will probably go for about $2500. He offered $1750 right the, so I sold them! One was Jer x Bra, another was either Br x red Holstein or Br x Guernsey ( the owner of the dairy can't decide which one that cow is) and one was Gyr x Guernsey/Hereford. Last two I will wean in September are BR x Jers/Brown Swiss and Br x Jersey/Guernsey. The first two sold were by a red Br bull, and these last 2 are by a grey.
