I want a family milk cow REALLLLYYYYY BAAAADDDDD, problem arises with costs of a milk cow, I just priced a 3 mo old heifer still on the bottle and she was $2000.00 the older heifer (jersey bred to a charolais :shock: ) he wanted $1800.00 and a nurse cow that was not tame he wanted $1500.00.
So I got to thinking, hmmm we have a beef show heifer that is really tame and due to calf wonder if I could milk her once or twice a week and still leave the calf on her just pulling him/her off the night before I wanted to milk? I of course would wait a good 3 to 4 weeks after she calved. Have any of you ever milked a beef cow? She is a Maine....
Thanks
So I got to thinking, hmmm we have a beef show heifer that is really tame and due to calf wonder if I could milk her once or twice a week and still leave the calf on her just pulling him/her off the night before I wanted to milk? I of course would wait a good 3 to 4 weeks after she calved. Have any of you ever milked a beef cow? She is a Maine....
Thanks