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<blockquote data-quote="cchardwick" data-source="post: 1108595" data-attributes="member: 20972"><p>I just picked up my first Jersey calf, bottle fed it and it's now about six months old. I plan on breeding not this fall but the following fall with an early or late spring calf. I plan on setting up a nurse cow / calf operation and need some advice (as much as I can get!). So I'm thinking I can breed in the fall, have one Jersey calf as well as buy two beef calves and raise three calves at once on the Jersey. I'm dry lot feeding (no pasture at my house) so I'm thinking of raising up the calves to about 3-4 months of age and then bringing them down to my father in laws house for another 3-4 months on his irrigated pasture. He probably has about 4-5 acres with separate pastures. Then I can bring them to the sale barn or sell them on Craig's List. I'm thinking I could have 3 calves on my nurse cow twice per year and then dry her off for the next lactation. How does this sound? Any suggestions? What's the best place to buy and sell calves, at a sale barn? I'm so new at this!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cchardwick, post: 1108595, member: 20972"] I just picked up my first Jersey calf, bottle fed it and it's now about six months old. I plan on breeding not this fall but the following fall with an early or late spring calf. I plan on setting up a nurse cow / calf operation and need some advice (as much as I can get!). So I'm thinking I can breed in the fall, have one Jersey calf as well as buy two beef calves and raise three calves at once on the Jersey. I'm dry lot feeding (no pasture at my house) so I'm thinking of raising up the calves to about 3-4 months of age and then bringing them down to my father in laws house for another 3-4 months on his irrigated pasture. He probably has about 4-5 acres with separate pastures. Then I can bring them to the sale barn or sell them on Craig's List. I'm thinking I could have 3 calves on my nurse cow twice per year and then dry her off for the next lactation. How does this sound? Any suggestions? What's the best place to buy and sell calves, at a sale barn? I'm so new at this! [/QUOTE]
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