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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1745615" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>A beef dairy cross will make a fine family milk cow.... I have 2 jer/hol that I put calves on and sometimes milk... 2 jer/ang that are just for raising one calf and have too much milk early on for the calf... sometimes will put a 2nd calf on and then grain a bit for the first 60-90 days so the calves get plenty and they do not lose too much weight...1 jer/simmental cross that raises her calf, 1 jer/limousin cross that is on a dairy that does okay... have had several hol/hereford crosses that have calf shared a few times in the past...</p><p>I have heard more bad than good about the EZE milker... but I have only ever hand milked my own or milked on commercial farms so one end of the spectrum to the other...By the time you do all the clean up, you would be better off to milk by hand and then only have to worry about the bucket and the jars.... for just one cow... a milker is alot of work except if your hands just don't "work" (arthritis or something)....</p><p>Most straight dairy cows will make enough milk for 2-4 calves... so milking and giving the cow her own calf may very well not be enough...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1745615, member: 25884"] A beef dairy cross will make a fine family milk cow.... I have 2 jer/hol that I put calves on and sometimes milk... 2 jer/ang that are just for raising one calf and have too much milk early on for the calf... sometimes will put a 2nd calf on and then grain a bit for the first 60-90 days so the calves get plenty and they do not lose too much weight...1 jer/simmental cross that raises her calf, 1 jer/limousin cross that is on a dairy that does okay... have had several hol/hereford crosses that have calf shared a few times in the past... I have heard more bad than good about the EZE milker... but I have only ever hand milked my own or milked on commercial farms so one end of the spectrum to the other...By the time you do all the clean up, you would be better off to milk by hand and then only have to worry about the bucket and the jars.... for just one cow... a milker is alot of work except if your hands just don't "work" (arthritis or something).... Most straight dairy cows will make enough milk for 2-4 calves... so milking and giving the cow her own calf may very well not be enough... [/QUOTE]
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