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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1849376" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If Gail continues to breed back, she ought to be good for 4-6 more years anyway... Everyone is different... she might not be able to raise as many as she gets older... it might drag her down more as her teeth get shorter and she just ages... she will not produce as much milk as she gets older either... so you will have to adjust to fewer calves... Gail is going to die on the place, we all know that... and having calves makes her happy, so no reason to stop breeding her unless she just gets too " old and thin" and doesn't bounce back or doesn't breed back. Jerseys and dairy cattle in general do not have the life span of the longhorns and brahma's etc... but if kept in good shape, and if their systems are kept in shape with regular breedings and calvings, they can do good for 6-12 years of calves... Her condition will dictate that... </p><p>Getting that calf started on her now is good... it won't get too much milk with the others still on her and when they are taken off, it will be plenty big enough to handle her milk until she gets dried off..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1849376, member: 25884"] If Gail continues to breed back, she ought to be good for 4-6 more years anyway... Everyone is different... she might not be able to raise as many as she gets older... it might drag her down more as her teeth get shorter and she just ages... she will not produce as much milk as she gets older either... so you will have to adjust to fewer calves... Gail is going to die on the place, we all know that... and having calves makes her happy, so no reason to stop breeding her unless she just gets too " old and thin" and doesn't bounce back or doesn't breed back. Jerseys and dairy cattle in general do not have the life span of the longhorns and brahma's etc... but if kept in good shape, and if their systems are kept in shape with regular breedings and calvings, they can do good for 6-12 years of calves... Her condition will dictate that... Getting that calf started on her now is good... it won't get too much milk with the others still on her and when they are taken off, it will be plenty big enough to handle her milk until she gets dried off.. [/QUOTE]
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