Well, i got a plan on what i want to do, but im not quite sure if it will work or not, so im looking for some insight on what ya'll will think about this plan.
Come march/april time, i plan on buying 5 Bred Jersey Cows. Once the baby drop's, i would purchace 4 Semmintal calves per Jersey cow, so in the end i would have 25 Baby Calves milking off from 5 Jersey NurseCows. Do that while giving a plentiful amount of hay and calf starter. Once they hit around 300-400 LBS, i would sell the 5 Jersey cows at the sale barn so i dont waste hay/food throughout the year feeding them. then with the 25 Calves id then raise them until roughly 650-800 range then sell the 20 Sim's and 5 Jersey' at the sale barn also. at those current weights the time periouid would make it where i wouldnt have to worry about the winters in michigan and i'd give me time to rethink my plan of attack during the winter for the next year process.
i choose simmental because i got a seller for them so i dont got to mess with the livestock auction.
so the question is, do you think this plan has the potential to make money? is the 5calves on 1jersey cow sounds realistic? this will be our second year doing cattle, our first year was bottle calves, and in the beggining it seemed like nothing went right for us, no we understand the system a little bit better, so next question is, 25 cattle to much to handle for a 2nd year person?
Come march/april time, i plan on buying 5 Bred Jersey Cows. Once the baby drop's, i would purchace 4 Semmintal calves per Jersey cow, so in the end i would have 25 Baby Calves milking off from 5 Jersey NurseCows. Do that while giving a plentiful amount of hay and calf starter. Once they hit around 300-400 LBS, i would sell the 5 Jersey cows at the sale barn so i dont waste hay/food throughout the year feeding them. then with the 25 Calves id then raise them until roughly 650-800 range then sell the 20 Sim's and 5 Jersey' at the sale barn also. at those current weights the time periouid would make it where i wouldnt have to worry about the winters in michigan and i'd give me time to rethink my plan of attack during the winter for the next year process.
i choose simmental because i got a seller for them so i dont got to mess with the livestock auction.
so the question is, do you think this plan has the potential to make money? is the 5calves on 1jersey cow sounds realistic? this will be our second year doing cattle, our first year was bottle calves, and in the beggining it seemed like nothing went right for us, no we understand the system a little bit better, so next question is, 25 cattle to much to handle for a 2nd year person?