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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 595882" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>First question is how much milk do you need, and how much does a mini-Jersey give?</p><p></p><p>Second, what is the quality of these mini cattle? Sometimes when people can get thousands of $ for a novelty animal, they'll sell stuff they shouldn't, especially to beginners. Beware of an older animal – you never know why they're selling. When I was a newby I bought a 5 year old 3-teated Jersey from a dairy. They said she had a "light teat". After freshening, she got mastitis in other quarters and I learned she had a chronic Staph mastitis which the dairy treated unsuccessfully. Then it spread to her other quarters after I got her.</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming you don't need several gallons of milk daily since you're getting none now. I'd suggest you get a couple of gentle beef cows like Herefords and learn to milk them. A lot cheaper than what you're considering. If you keep them emptied, they'll produce more milk than their calf needs. You could breed them to a quality Jersey bull via AI for just a few bucks if you want a cow with more milk.</p><p></p><p>There are problems with pure dairy cattle – production beyond your needs, pendulous udders, udder edema, milk fever (more in Jerseys), etc. Milk is not free, so if you get too much you're wasting feed. If you want a beef calf, you lose some growth if the cow has no beef breeding in her.</p><p></p><p>I milk a Jersey/Lowline Angus cow who is smaller (46" tall). I breed her AI to a lowline bull for a quite beefy calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 595882, member: 8265"] First question is how much milk do you need, and how much does a mini-Jersey give? Second, what is the quality of these mini cattle? Sometimes when people can get thousands of $ for a novelty animal, they’ll sell stuff they shouldn’t, especially to beginners. Beware of an older animal – you never know why they’re selling. When I was a newby I bought a 5 year old 3-teated Jersey from a dairy. They said she had a “light teat”. After freshening, she got mastitis in other quarters and I learned she had a chronic Staph mastitis which the dairy treated unsuccessfully. Then it spread to her other quarters after I got her. I’m assuming you don’t need several gallons of milk daily since you’re getting none now. I’d suggest you get a couple of gentle beef cows like Herefords and learn to milk them. A lot cheaper than what you’re considering. If you keep them emptied, they’ll produce more milk than their calf needs. You could breed them to a quality Jersey bull via AI for just a few bucks if you want a cow with more milk. There are problems with pure dairy cattle – production beyond your needs, pendulous udders, udder edema, milk fever (more in Jerseys), etc. Milk is not free, so if you get too much you’re wasting feed. If you want a beef calf, you lose some growth if the cow has no beef breeding in her. I milk a Jersey/Lowline Angus cow who is smaller (46” tall). I breed her AI to a lowline bull for a quite beefy calf. [/QUOTE]
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