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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1774595" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I have articles from the 1930's that showed Brown swiss with about a 3.8% BF over their lifetime and in Switzerland in that time they didn't get much grain at all, if any.. Here's a pic of how they were raised, this was at 6000 ft elevation too [ATTACH=full]23285[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>For the situation the OP is in, I'd chose a cow based on character FIRST AND FOREMOST.. I'd rather have a big lazy workable cow than a small witch!</p><p>This was my milk cow for years, Gelbvieh shorthorn herf cross.. tons of milk with decent cream, probably coudl have had more if I grained her but I never did.. I could do anything with her with no fuss whatsoever.. uterine boluses? just give her a flake of hay and do it.. however, she was absolutely a 1-man cow and hated people with a passion.. anyone other than me she'd go 50 ft away and pout</p><p>[ATTACH=full]23286[/ATTACH]</p><p>Her and her momma, she was a milkable cow too, and not as moody with other people</p><p>[ATTACH=full]23287[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Grandma, my first cow, milked her lots too</p><p>[ATTACH=full]23288[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1774595, member: 9096"] I have articles from the 1930's that showed Brown swiss with about a 3.8% BF over their lifetime and in Switzerland in that time they didn't get much grain at all, if any.. Here's a pic of how they were raised, this was at 6000 ft elevation too [ATTACH type="full"]23285[/ATTACH] For the situation the OP is in, I'd chose a cow based on character FIRST AND FOREMOST.. I'd rather have a big lazy workable cow than a small witch! This was my milk cow for years, Gelbvieh shorthorn herf cross.. tons of milk with decent cream, probably coudl have had more if I grained her but I never did.. I could do anything with her with no fuss whatsoever.. uterine boluses? just give her a flake of hay and do it.. however, she was absolutely a 1-man cow and hated people with a passion.. anyone other than me she'd go 50 ft away and pout [ATTACH type="full"]23286[/ATTACH] Her and her momma, she was a milkable cow too, and not as moody with other people [ATTACH type="full"]23287[/ATTACH] Grandma, my first cow, milked her lots too [ATTACH type="full"]23288[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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