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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 315325" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>When I first started with cattle I had herefordxjersey, herefordxayrshire and herefordx holstein cows and often grafted another calf on them. From my experience the hereford xayrshire was the best nurse cows and held their condition the best. The jersey x hereford was a close second and the holstein xhereford was by far the least efficient. The weaning weights of their natural calves was also in the same order.</p><p></p><p>I found it much easier to graft a second calf onto the jerseyx than on the holsteinx. There was always the exception to the rule. I once tried grafting a second calf onto a jerseyx and had given up after 2 months and just raised the calf on calf pellets. </p><p></p><p>I grew up with a dairy on the farm where we milked both jerseys and holsteins and from my experience the jersey cows tended to be more docile and were much easier calvers than the holsteins.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is much difference between the orneryness (is that even a word?) between jersey and holstein bulls, both are equally bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 315325, member: 4353"] When I first started with cattle I had herefordxjersey, herefordxayrshire and herefordx holstein cows and often grafted another calf on them. From my experience the hereford xayrshire was the best nurse cows and held their condition the best. The jersey x hereford was a close second and the holstein xhereford was by far the least efficient. The weaning weights of their natural calves was also in the same order. I found it much easier to graft a second calf onto the jerseyx than on the holsteinx. There was always the exception to the rule. I once tried grafting a second calf onto a jerseyx and had given up after 2 months and just raised the calf on calf pellets. I grew up with a dairy on the farm where we milked both jerseys and holsteins and from my experience the jersey cows tended to be more docile and were much easier calvers than the holsteins. I don't think there is much difference between the orneryness (is that even a word?) between jersey and holstein bulls, both are equally bad. [/QUOTE]
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