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Dexter Cattle Vs Angus for homesteading
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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 631185" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>"why not a Jersey/Angus cross?"</p><p></p><p>That is not a very complimentary cross. A lot of Angus out there are averaged muscled or less particularly in the hindquarters(I know Frankie that that is not ALL Angus). Adding Jersey to the mix is just going too lead to a calf with no butt end at all and the Angus is going to knock the milk production off considerably and is likely to make a harder to handle bigger female. Excess milk is not a problem. Feed extra milk too growing hogs. They will wolf it all down. If you want a dual purpose cow, get a Red Poll or a Milking Shorthorn don't gamble on an unpredictable hybrid. On 5 acres it would make more sense to keep an Angus cow to grow out a beef every year and milk a couple of goats; but this is not my experiment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 631185, member: 7645"] "why not a Jersey/Angus cross?" That is not a very complimentary cross. A lot of Angus out there are averaged muscled or less particularly in the hindquarters(I know Frankie that that is not ALL Angus). Adding Jersey to the mix is just going too lead to a calf with no butt end at all and the Angus is going to knock the milk production off considerably and is likely to make a harder to handle bigger female. Excess milk is not a problem. Feed extra milk too growing hogs. They will wolf it all down. If you want a dual purpose cow, get a Red Poll or a Milking Shorthorn don't gamble on an unpredictable hybrid. On 5 acres it would make more sense to keep an Angus cow to grow out a beef every year and milk a couple of goats; but this is not my experiment. [/QUOTE]
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