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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1406487" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I have 3 that are 3-teat cows. One was a jersey I bought as a bred heifer as one quarter blew up, and the farmer didn't want to be bothered with her coming in with only 3 teats. She fed 2 calves that year. Usually, I put the calves on them and then let them run with them all the time. When I have a cow that I want to come in the barn, then she can raise as many calves as she has teats, and the ones with holstein in them will raise 5 or 6 at a time. I'll let the 3 calves suck, then kick them out of the stall and put the next 2 or 3 on her. EVERY cow has a different disposition. It is a job to pull 3 calves off and get the next "shift" on her. But she is pretty patient. </p><p>Let's face it, if she has 3 good teats, and she is a lesser price due to that, them she ought to raise 3 calves and a beef cow only raises one. I'll leave them on until 6-8 months or so weaning; or until she is 2-3 months from her next due date. They grow good, they learn to graze and eat hay and grain, and they just do better. </p><p>Have a jer/hol cross heifer that just calved a week or so ago. Nice angus x heifer calf. I got 2 hol calves and she will raise these 3 . She's got 4 good teats, but being a heifer, won't make the milk that an older cow would. She is also a little younger/smaller than I normally calve them. Wasn't supposed to get bred to calve until fall....She is just a little over 2 and she ran with the beef heifers so didn't grow as fast a dairy heifer would if she was fed more concentated feed. I mostly like to calve at 30 months or thereabouts. She favors the jersey more in size. Have one that is jer/hol and she is huge, looks just like a hol and eats like one too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1406487, member: 25884"] I have 3 that are 3-teat cows. One was a jersey I bought as a bred heifer as one quarter blew up, and the farmer didn't want to be bothered with her coming in with only 3 teats. She fed 2 calves that year. Usually, I put the calves on them and then let them run with them all the time. When I have a cow that I want to come in the barn, then she can raise as many calves as she has teats, and the ones with holstein in them will raise 5 or 6 at a time. I'll let the 3 calves suck, then kick them out of the stall and put the next 2 or 3 on her. EVERY cow has a different disposition. It is a job to pull 3 calves off and get the next "shift" on her. But she is pretty patient. Let's face it, if she has 3 good teats, and she is a lesser price due to that, them she ought to raise 3 calves and a beef cow only raises one. I'll leave them on until 6-8 months or so weaning; or until she is 2-3 months from her next due date. They grow good, they learn to graze and eat hay and grain, and they just do better. Have a jer/hol cross heifer that just calved a week or so ago. Nice angus x heifer calf. I got 2 hol calves and she will raise these 3 . She's got 4 good teats, but being a heifer, won't make the milk that an older cow would. She is also a little younger/smaller than I normally calve them. Wasn't supposed to get bred to calve until fall....She is just a little over 2 and she ran with the beef heifers so didn't grow as fast a dairy heifer would if she was fed more concentated feed. I mostly like to calve at 30 months or thereabouts. She favors the jersey more in size. Have one that is jer/hol and she is huge, looks just like a hol and eats like one too. [/QUOTE]
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