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<blockquote data-quote="CG1" data-source="post: 1594947" data-attributes="member: 38577"><p>I've done the same in the past with Holsteins from a local dairy. I bred them to an angus bull. They are raising their calves just fine in the field. I do not milk them but they have so much milk pouring out of them that there are literally puddles all over the field. The dogs are enjoying that. </p><p></p><p>I also in the past got 2 jerseys from a dairy that were about to calf, both heifers. They calved and I picked up 2 more 3 day old bottle calves to give the excess milk to. I learned a couple things. Its hard to train a cow to be a nurse cow so I quickly gave up after almost breaking my ankle getting kicked too much. I then tried milking them which I quickly realized with 2 cows is really hard work so I just fed the bottle calves milk replacer...failed on that project.</p><p></p><p>I have also found that the feed has to be different when im feeding my Holsteins or my jerseys. They seem to get skinny faster when they have calves. I give them about twice as much grain as I give my pure bred angus mamas. They just seem to need it more. But they have all given me really big jet black calves when bred to our angus bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CG1, post: 1594947, member: 38577"] I've done the same in the past with Holsteins from a local dairy. I bred them to an angus bull. They are raising their calves just fine in the field. I do not milk them but they have so much milk pouring out of them that there are literally puddles all over the field. The dogs are enjoying that. I also in the past got 2 jerseys from a dairy that were about to calf, both heifers. They calved and I picked up 2 more 3 day old bottle calves to give the excess milk to. I learned a couple things. Its hard to train a cow to be a nurse cow so I quickly gave up after almost breaking my ankle getting kicked too much. I then tried milking them which I quickly realized with 2 cows is really hard work so I just fed the bottle calves milk replacer...failed on that project. I have also found that the feed has to be different when im feeding my Holsteins or my jerseys. They seem to get skinny faster when they have calves. I give them about twice as much grain as I give my pure bred angus mamas. They just seem to need it more. But they have all given me really big jet black calves when bred to our angus bull. [/QUOTE]
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