Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Angus x Jersey
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="WAguy" data-source="post: 434798" data-attributes="member: 4335"><p>Mudge, how many are you talking about, and how are you intending to market them? They might not do well at the salebarn, but I think they make nice family cows. Not the extreme milk production of a purebred dairy cow and the associated problems. And get better beef out of them them than from a pure dairy cow. Like J.T. said, if you can pay attention to them, they do nicely. Might require alittle marketing though to convince people of their advantages as a family cow, as many are in love with the cute purebred Jerseys.</p><p></p><p>I have a Jersey/Lowline angus cow (only 45 inches tall) I milk once daily getting a gallon after the calf gets her share. 300 gallons a year saves over $1000 a year not having to buy milk at the store. And then I get a calf – the last one out of a Jersey bull I sold for $1000 as a yearling, so pretty good year for my cow. This year's calf is out of a beef bull, so not worth as much, but with the milk, I still get much more back than what the feed bill cost.</p><p></p><p>Of course, there is labor involved – you don't make a living doing this. But there are some self-sufficiency types who want to make their own milk and meat.</p><p></p><p>By the way, are you breeding angus cows to jersey bulls, or vice versa? Obviously the Jersey cows would be much higher maintenance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WAguy, post: 434798, member: 4335"] Mudge, how many are you talking about, and how are you intending to market them? They might not do well at the salebarn, but I think they make nice family cows. Not the extreme milk production of a purebred dairy cow and the associated problems. And get better beef out of them them than from a pure dairy cow. Like J.T. said, if you can pay attention to them, they do nicely. Might require alittle marketing though to convince people of their advantages as a family cow, as many are in love with the cute purebred Jerseys. I have a Jersey/Lowline angus cow (only 45 inches tall) I milk once daily getting a gallon after the calf gets her share. 300 gallons a year saves over $1000 a year not having to buy milk at the store. And then I get a calf – the last one out of a Jersey bull I sold for $1000 as a yearling, so pretty good year for my cow. This year’s calf is out of a beef bull, so not worth as much, but with the milk, I still get much more back than what the feed bill cost. Of course, there is labor involved – you don’t make a living doing this. But there are some self-sufficiency types who want to make their own milk and meat. By the way, are you breeding angus cows to jersey bulls, or vice versa? Obviously the Jersey cows would be much higher maintenance. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Angus x Jersey
Top