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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 1094628" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Be careful getting a pure Jersey cow. With decent genetics, she could overwhelm you with milk, and would require special nutrition best left to professionals. Jerseys have higher risk of milk fever, etc, if not fed properly. Milk is not free - nutrition coming out of the cow requires nutrition going in. </p><p></p><p>And as I have myself, many people get a used Jersey cow and find out she has problems like chronic, low-grade mastitis. Be careful.</p><p></p><p>Last summer, I sold a Hereford/jersey cross heifer I was milking, because she gave much more than me and my wife needed. Gets old trying to get rid of milk. I got 1.5 gallons daily, plus she was raising a calf. I now have a couple beef heifers (British Whites), from which I might steal a quart or two daily after they calve. If I ever get grandkids around, might breed the Whites to Jersey to get a Jersey/beef cross cow to milk.</p><p></p><p>By the way, milking a Jersey by hand isn't easy if several gallons daily. And many are now bred with short teats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 1094628, member: 8265"] Be careful getting a pure Jersey cow. With decent genetics, she could overwhelm you with milk, and would require special nutrition best left to professionals. Jerseys have higher risk of milk fever, etc, if not fed properly. Milk is not free - nutrition coming out of the cow requires nutrition going in. And as I have myself, many people get a used Jersey cow and find out she has problems like chronic, low-grade mastitis. Be careful. Last summer, I sold a Hereford/jersey cross heifer I was milking, because she gave much more than me and my wife needed. Gets old trying to get rid of milk. I got 1.5 gallons daily, plus she was raising a calf. I now have a couple beef heifers (British Whites), from which I might steal a quart or two daily after they calve. If I ever get grandkids around, might breed the Whites to Jersey to get a Jersey/beef cross cow to milk. By the way, milking a Jersey by hand isn't easy if several gallons daily. And many are now bred with short teats. [/QUOTE]
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