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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1849581" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>"Why not ai her to a jersey bull , sexed semen ,female , Then bottle raise or get you a nurse cow . Sounds like you would love to keep her genetics ."</p><p></p><p> That is exactly what I am trying to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So. . . . the reason KYhills got a (beefy) Jersey out of the Jersey bull x heterozygous black cow is the 50/50 chance. And the reason I got a Jersey looking calf out of Daphne x heterozygous black bull was also the 50/50 chance. Then Daphne had a black calf out of the same cross was also the 50/50 chance for black, right?</p><p></p><p>So, I will try to get Daphne's daughter back from across the road and keep breeding her every year to sex selected Jersey AI until I get a Jersey colored heifer. Then I'll stop.</p><p></p><p>However, if I use this one in my breeding program she still will have some black calves, right? Isn't it possible to breed the black out completely? <strong> Oh wait. I just realized Warren said if the calf is born Jersey colored she will only throw Jersey colored calves.. But is she is born black she will be a 50/50 cow.</strong></p><p></p><p>Let me explain my breeding program. Family milk cows are selling for astronomic prices. I'm machine milking and plan on raising Jersey heifer calves on bottles, raise and sell them as dehorned, vaccinated gentle halterbroke yearlings. What am I going to do with 5 to 8 gallons of milk a day per cow per day?</p><p>Therefor I do not want cows that throw black. I know pure Jerseys are sometimes black but that is not a good selling point. People want Jerseys that look like Jerseys, not one that might have Angus in the woodpile.</p><p></p><p>This is really for fun, I don't need to make a living doing this. It would be nice to break even. I just like raising calves and the grass here is incredible, might as well use it. I tell my husband I'm going to become a cattle magnate. He laughs and says You are just a cattle magnet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1849581, member: 42782"] "Why not ai her to a jersey bull , sexed semen ,female , Then bottle raise or get you a nurse cow . Sounds like you would love to keep her genetics ." That is exactly what I am trying to do :) So. . . . the reason KYhills got a (beefy) Jersey out of the Jersey bull x heterozygous black cow is the 50/50 chance. And the reason I got a Jersey looking calf out of Daphne x heterozygous black bull was also the 50/50 chance. Then Daphne had a black calf out of the same cross was also the 50/50 chance for black, right? So, I will try to get Daphne's daughter back from across the road and keep breeding her every year to sex selected Jersey AI until I get a Jersey colored heifer. Then I'll stop. However, if I use this one in my breeding program she still will have some black calves, right? Isn't it possible to breed the black out completely? [B] Oh wait. I just realized Warren said if the calf is born Jersey colored she will only throw Jersey colored calves.. But is she is born black she will be a 50/50 cow.[/B] Let me explain my breeding program. Family milk cows are selling for astronomic prices. I'm machine milking and plan on raising Jersey heifer calves on bottles, raise and sell them as dehorned, vaccinated gentle halterbroke yearlings. What am I going to do with 5 to 8 gallons of milk a day per cow per day? Therefor I do not want cows that throw black. I know pure Jerseys are sometimes black but that is not a good selling point. People want Jerseys that look like Jerseys, not one that might have Angus in the woodpile. This is really for fun, I don't need to make a living doing this. It would be nice to break even. I just like raising calves and the grass here is incredible, might as well use it. I tell my husband I'm going to become a cattle magnate. He laughs and says You are just a cattle magnet. [/QUOTE]
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