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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1669001" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=498]@Dave[/USER] has it in a nutshell. Many are breeding their hol heifers to jersey for the calving ease. You can push the envelope and get them calving a little younger to get them into the milking string younger too since the calves are just small..... Most calves come out black or dark brown or mostly black with white blotches.... and the bulls are worth a bit more than straight jersey bull calves. </p><p> There was a big push for the cross for awhile as most jerseys are smaller and more active for grazing so it was believed that the cross would give you a cow that would produce more like the holstein, the jersey would contribute higher butterfat and components, and they would be more moderate sized and would be better grazers. The one thing that they didn't know, and has been proven; is the combination gives you udders that do not have the central and rear ligament support and they break down more and faster than either breed purebred. Most do not last as long in the dairies as they would if bred straight.</p><p> Also, the combination has often been known to give some higher strung and not great dispositions. In my opinion, after seeing hundreds on different dairies, they get the worst from both breeds with an attitude that really sucks. Not all, I have several 1/2 jersey 1/2 holsteins . Several tend to be higher strung.... and I raised these from both hol cows and jersey cows, bred to the opposite breed bulls. Several that I have are great and are good nurse cows.... but the straight jerseys and the jersey crosses with guernsey or lineback or montbeliarde or swedish/norweigan reds are better dispositioned. I have 6 now that are jer/hol, 2 straight jersey, 1 jer/montbeliarde, 1 jer/guernsey, 1 that is out of a jer(sire) on a 3 way cross cow..... I do not breed any back holstein.... they get bred back jersey or guernsey or angus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1669001, member: 25884"] [USER=498]@Dave[/USER] has it in a nutshell. Many are breeding their hol heifers to jersey for the calving ease. You can push the envelope and get them calving a little younger to get them into the milking string younger too since the calves are just small..... Most calves come out black or dark brown or mostly black with white blotches.... and the bulls are worth a bit more than straight jersey bull calves. There was a big push for the cross for awhile as most jerseys are smaller and more active for grazing so it was believed that the cross would give you a cow that would produce more like the holstein, the jersey would contribute higher butterfat and components, and they would be more moderate sized and would be better grazers. The one thing that they didn't know, and has been proven; is the combination gives you udders that do not have the central and rear ligament support and they break down more and faster than either breed purebred. Most do not last as long in the dairies as they would if bred straight. Also, the combination has often been known to give some higher strung and not great dispositions. In my opinion, after seeing hundreds on different dairies, they get the worst from both breeds with an attitude that really sucks. Not all, I have several 1/2 jersey 1/2 holsteins . Several tend to be higher strung.... and I raised these from both hol cows and jersey cows, bred to the opposite breed bulls. Several that I have are great and are good nurse cows.... but the straight jerseys and the jersey crosses with guernsey or lineback or montbeliarde or swedish/norweigan reds are better dispositioned. I have 6 now that are jer/hol, 2 straight jersey, 1 jer/montbeliarde, 1 jer/guernsey, 1 that is out of a jer(sire) on a 3 way cross cow..... I do not breed any back holstein.... they get bred back jersey or guernsey or angus. [/QUOTE]
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