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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 527887" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>Let me try to explain from the dairyman's perspective. My husband grew up on a dairy, BIL has a dairy, my grandfather had an all Jersey dairy and we have several Jerseys of our own. </p><p></p><p>How would this benefit the dairyman? He would feed a cow for 9 months and get a calf that you want to pay very little for. On the other hand, he can breed his cows with sexed semen and guarantee that he will get a heifer, or he can breed his cows to a good beef bull like an Angus and get smooth black heifers. Commercial cattlemen like those as replacement heifers. When bred to a beef bull they produce a meaty calf and can raise it. If it is a bull calf, it will be an average freezer calf.</p><p></p><p>Are you going to pay the dairyman to lease his cow to carry your calf? You really can not expect him to do it for free.</p><p></p><p>What if the cow doesn't settle on the first breeding and you have spent $100 on semen to get a calf that is a shot in the dark and will probably be a dink. One of our cows crawled the fence and was bred by our neighbor's Hereford bull. She had a male calf which was cut when he was a week old. He was the poorest quality calf that we have ever had. He looked like he was made out of two different animals. He had the Hereford heavy front end and the Jersey's skinny rear. When he was processed I had him put into all hamburger because he didn't have enough rear for round steaks and roasts. Granted he was butchered at 11 months old and I brought home 460+ one pound packages of hamburger and he is delicious, however he was a junky steer.</p><p></p><p>When you breed two different body types of animals does not mean that the genetics will mix 50/50 and you get a wonderful blend of the two. One will be dominate and when breeding to dairy cows, it seems that the dairy cows win. We have bred our cows for freezer beef to Brahman, Belgian Blue, Angus and the accidental Hereford. I have owned Jersey's since the 1970's.</p><p></p><p>You may end up with tiny hatchet butt critter. If you want a smaller freezer beef, either butcher at a younger age or breed to a GOOD beef cow. Junk begets junk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 527887, member: 5644"] Let me try to explain from the dairyman's perspective. My husband grew up on a dairy, BIL has a dairy, my grandfather had an all Jersey dairy and we have several Jerseys of our own. How would this benefit the dairyman? He would feed a cow for 9 months and get a calf that you want to pay very little for. On the other hand, he can breed his cows with sexed semen and guarantee that he will get a heifer, or he can breed his cows to a good beef bull like an Angus and get smooth black heifers. Commercial cattlemen like those as replacement heifers. When bred to a beef bull they produce a meaty calf and can raise it. If it is a bull calf, it will be an average freezer calf. Are you going to pay the dairyman to lease his cow to carry your calf? You really can not expect him to do it for free. What if the cow doesn't settle on the first breeding and you have spent $100 on semen to get a calf that is a shot in the dark and will probably be a dink. One of our cows crawled the fence and was bred by our neighbor's Hereford bull. She had a male calf which was cut when he was a week old. He was the poorest quality calf that we have ever had. He looked like he was made out of two different animals. He had the Hereford heavy front end and the Jersey's skinny rear. When he was processed I had him put into all hamburger because he didn't have enough rear for round steaks and roasts. Granted he was butchered at 11 months old and I brought home 460+ one pound packages of hamburger and he is delicious, however he was a junky steer. When you breed two different body types of animals does not mean that the genetics will mix 50/50 and you get a wonderful blend of the two. One will be dominate and when breeding to dairy cows, it seems that the dairy cows win. We have bred our cows for freezer beef to Brahman, Belgian Blue, Angus and the accidental Hereford. I have owned Jersey's since the 1970's. You may end up with tiny hatchet butt critter. If you want a smaller freezer beef, either butcher at a younger age or breed to a GOOD beef cow. Junk begets junk. [/QUOTE]
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