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<blockquote data-quote="lms0229" data-source="post: 1542924" data-attributes="member: 28722"><p>FarmerJan - Omgosh yes I completely agree with you that usain't Jersey semen to AI would have been quicker and easier and ironically that was/is the game plan! The heifer calf I was talking about earlier is half Jersey and half Romagnola and the momma is the Romagnola and the sire is Jersey. It is one of those situations we sometimes find ourselves in... I took in some mistreated Jersey heifers around Christmas last year... I had the means and some extra time and my heart gave in for the sorry little things and some needed bottles (some were older) and my husband (eye roll) has been wanting to make homemade butter (I have no idea lol) so I took these little girls in and I nearly died... not even joking! We couldn't save all of them and we thought lack of colostrum and pneumonia were the issue....until I got really really sick. I have had mono and strep at the same time and it didn't even touch this stuff... Finally, diagnosed with Cryptosporidium... my husband got sick a week after me and we missed the holidays with our families last year. Luckily, we got better and with the help of our friend who is a vet we were able to save the other heifers. I am much more educated now to say the least and I was already an OCD clean freak but I think I went through 3 gallons of bleach the first week scrubbing and cleaning everything in sight. Soooo..... long story short.... after going through all of that I have sort of bonded with these girls in making sure they don't go back to a situation like that. Yes I raise cattle for food but I believe that all living things should be given respect and a good quality of life. So again now I have 5 Jersey heifers (A Jersey/Holstein cross, Jersey/Angus, a standard size fullblood Jersey and 2 that I believe will be mid-size Jerseys at full maturity but one may qualify as a mini at full maturity). The Jersey/Angus and the Jersey/Holstein are the oldest and pregnant and are due to calve around the same time... The Jersey/Angus has major attitude problems and I will be trying to graft her calf onto the Jersey/Holstein and then take her to slaughter... not going to pass that nutty onto someone else! The Jersey/Holstein is super sweet and I think will make a good momma and I can always graft additional calves onto her if need be. The oldest fullblood Jersey is my favorite and extremely sweet (the one with narrow pins) and would let us milk her as would the younger 2, but I may give the younger 2 to a Jersey heritage breeder in my area but I haven't decided on that yet. So... long explanation but now you see how I am where I am... so I am trying to use these girls since I have them, but I have never had Jerseys so I am inexperienced with them but been reading a bunch to educate myself with the breed. </p><p></p><p>I have experience with larger breeds like Romagnola, Ancient White Parks (not the fake White Parks), Chianina, Angus, Normande and Maremmana.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lms0229, post: 1542924, member: 28722"] FarmerJan - Omgosh yes I completely agree with you that usain’t Jersey semen to AI would have been quicker and easier and ironically that was/is the game plan! The heifer calf I was talking about earlier is half Jersey and half Romagnola and the momma is the Romagnola and the sire is Jersey. It is one of those situations we sometimes find ourselves in... I took in some mistreated Jersey heifers around Christmas last year... I had the means and some extra time and my heart gave in for the sorry little things and some needed bottles (some were older) and my husband (eye roll) has been wanting to make homemade butter (I have no idea lol) so I took these little girls in and I nearly died... not even joking! We couldn’t save all of them and we thought lack of colostrum and pneumonia were the issue....until I got really really sick. I have had mono and strep at the same time and it didn’t even touch this stuff... Finally, diagnosed with Cryptosporidium... my husband got sick a week after me and we missed the holidays with our families last year. Luckily, we got better and with the help of our friend who is a vet we were able to save the other heifers. I am much more educated now to say the least and I was already an OCD clean freak but I think I went through 3 gallons of bleach the first week scrubbing and cleaning everything in sight. Soooo..... long story short.... after going through all of that I have sort of bonded with these girls in making sure they don’t go back to a situation like that. Yes I raise cattle for food but I believe that all living things should be given respect and a good quality of life. So again now I have 5 Jersey heifers (A Jersey/Holstein cross, Jersey/Angus, a standard size fullblood Jersey and 2 that I believe will be mid-size Jerseys at full maturity but one may qualify as a mini at full maturity). The Jersey/Angus and the Jersey/Holstein are the oldest and pregnant and are due to calve around the same time... The Jersey/Angus has major attitude problems and I will be trying to graft her calf onto the Jersey/Holstein and then take her to slaughter... not going to pass that nutty onto someone else! The Jersey/Holstein is super sweet and I think will make a good momma and I can always graft additional calves onto her if need be. The oldest fullblood Jersey is my favorite and extremely sweet (the one with narrow pins) and would let us milk her as would the younger 2, but I may give the younger 2 to a Jersey heritage breeder in my area but I haven’t decided on that yet. So... long explanation but now you see how I am where I am... so I am trying to use these girls since I have them, but I have never had Jerseys so I am inexperienced with them but been reading a bunch to educate myself with the breed. I have experience with larger breeds like Romagnola, Ancient White Parks (not the fake White Parks), Chianina, Angus, Normande and Maremmana. [/QUOTE]
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