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Newbie Question - Jersey & HoJo heifer milk production
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<blockquote data-quote="FaddyCow" data-source="post: 1546723" data-attributes="member: 37950"><p>Well, I got them because I think they are pretty and because I would like some milk, but the HoJo started off very very sweet, but as she reached puberty she developed an attitude but was very docile before puberty... Idk why the change in behavior from her. But as good news would have it I have really been putting in a lot of work with training her to milk (not that I know what I am doing at all) but I have been using a stick to rub her back, belly, legs etc... and feed her grain and hay while I work with her and get her use to associating food with being touched... every time she throws her head or kicks at me I tap her with the stick on the foot or her nose... I can now pet her belly and udder with not much trouble from her... I hope that in the next 70 to 90 days of working with her that I will be able to milk her myself or graft a calf onto her. I thought about a small portable milking machine but not sure... does it save a lot of time on milking? I've never milked a cow so I have no comparison. Do y'all think a Jersey/Angus cross would need to be milked as well or would her production adapt to her calf's milk demand? Thank y'all in adavance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FaddyCow, post: 1546723, member: 37950"] Well, I got them because I think they are pretty and because I would like some milk, but the HoJo started off very very sweet, but as she reached puberty she developed an attitude but was very docile before puberty... Idk why the change in behavior from her. But as good news would have it I have really been putting in a lot of work with training her to milk (not that I know what I am doing at all) but I have been using a stick to rub her back, belly, legs etc... and feed her grain and hay while I work with her and get her use to associating food with being touched... every time she throws her head or kicks at me I tap her with the stick on the foot or her nose... I can now pet her belly and udder with not much trouble from her... I hope that in the next 70 to 90 days of working with her that I will be able to milk her myself or graft a calf onto her. I thought about a small portable milking machine but not sure... does it save a lot of time on milking? I’ve never milked a cow so I have no comparison. Do y’all think a Jersey/Angus cross would need to be milked as well or would her production adapt to her calf’s milk demand? Thank y’all in adavance! [/QUOTE]
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