Jersey/Gelbvieh

[pdfangus]

my son breeds cows for folks as a sideline.
He stopped by yesterday after breeding jersey cow not too far from me....
says that here lately he has been getting a lot of calls from folks with one or two jersey cows.
he is keeping some Jersey semen in the tank now....

 

[HOSS]

I have a Jersey x Gelb cross steer headed to the feeding pen now. Excellent eating. The gelbvieh adds muscle while the jersey adds the marbling. I have kept 2 heifers of this cross and sold them as replacement heifers. I have had NO problems getting takers. The feedback from them has been that they make excellent performing, docile mothers.

Hoss - you don't have any pictures of the steer or heifers do you? I would like to see how much of the dairy look Gelb can take out - at least with what you did.

I don't have any pics right now of a straight gelb sired steer but here is one sired by a Balancer:

Here are some steaks from the above steer:

Here is a pic of a young (3 month old) Gelb sired heifer out of a Jersey cow. She was sold to a guy to use as a momma cow in his herd. She is now bred to a BA bull.

 

[pdfangus]

I must say that heifer looks pretty good to be out of a Jersey.....

 

[HOSS]

I must say that heifer looks pretty good to be out of a Jersey.....

Seems that no matter what you can't knock that Jersey "ring" from around their muzzle. It shows through even when they are mature.......at least the ones I have seen are that way. It will be faint but still there.

 

[bigbluegrass]

Thanks for posting the photos Hoss! They all still show some Jersey for sure, but look very beefy as well. The Gelbvieh put some meat on them, like I was hoping it would. I will see how the cross goes here and post some pictures when I get them to that point.