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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 629918" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Some thoughts.</p><p></p><p>First, you say you are raising for people who want milk and beef. I once got a Dexter for dual-purpose use. Unfortunately, she didn't make any more milk than a beef cow. And her steer calf didn't make any more beef than a dairy calf. In other words, a supposedly dual purpose animal without any purpose.</p><p></p><p>If you aren't going to get much milk anyway, you might go to a breed more developed for beef, like a lowline angus, if you want something small. And mix in some Jersey if you want some milk. My ideal small cow is a lowline angus/Jersey cross.</p><p></p><p>My other point is that for just a few cows, it's expensive to maintain a bull all year. If you have someone to do AI, for that feed money, you can select from the best bulls in the world, rather than whatever you find locally in a bull.</p><p></p><p>Compare these bulls with yours:</p><p></p><p>Machine:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/djinwa/picture_machine.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Doc Holliday:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/djinwa/DocHolliday.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You can read about them here:</p><p><a href="http://www.pharocattle.com/Semen-Source-2008/angus.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pharocattle.com/Semen-Source-2008/angus.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Other bulls around the internet, just some ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 629918, member: 8265"] Some thoughts. First, you say you are raising for people who want milk and beef. I once got a Dexter for dual-purpose use. Unfortunately, she didn't make any more milk than a beef cow. And her steer calf didn't make any more beef than a dairy calf. In other words, a supposedly dual purpose animal without any purpose. If you aren't going to get much milk anyway, you might go to a breed more developed for beef, like a lowline angus, if you want something small. And mix in some Jersey if you want some milk. My ideal small cow is a lowline angus/Jersey cross. My other point is that for just a few cows, it's expensive to maintain a bull all year. If you have someone to do AI, for that feed money, you can select from the best bulls in the world, rather than whatever you find locally in a bull. Compare these bulls with yours: Machine: [img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/djinwa/picture_machine.gif[/img] Doc Holliday: [img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/djinwa/DocHolliday.jpg[/img] You can read about them here: [url=http://www.pharocattle.com/Semen-Source-2008/angus.htm]http://www.pharocattle.com/Semen-Source-2008/angus.htm[/url] Other bulls around the internet, just some ideas. [/QUOTE]
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