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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1669155" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=25296]@Hereford2[/USER] bless your heart for having the knack with the swiss. </p><p> I have 2 dairies that have reg swiss, and they both also have reg holsteins..... and they are very adamant about the swiss difficulties in comparison. Both show and we laugh about the different cows attitudes, stubbornness, etc. Both do real good with raising their swiss calves but the problems getting them on bottles once they have nursed the cow is legendary. It is an actual syndrome the swiss assoc has had discussions about. Yes, they are laid back. </p><p>I find jerseys very easy to raise as long as a person quits trying to stuff too much milk down their throats in the beginning. I have next to no trouble getting them up and going and will take them 100 to 1 over swiss. Holsteins all depend on what dairy I get them off.... if the "bugs" on that dairy are compatible to the ones on my farm. The swiss calves here get discounted more than the jerseys when they get up in size. One reason they are not liked on feed lots is because they get too big to hang properly when "finished"......I have had buyers tell me that point blank. And that they tend to not grade good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1669155, member: 25884"] [USER=25296]@Hereford2[/USER] bless your heart for having the knack with the swiss. I have 2 dairies that have reg swiss, and they both also have reg holsteins..... and they are very adamant about the swiss difficulties in comparison. Both show and we laugh about the different cows attitudes, stubbornness, etc. Both do real good with raising their swiss calves but the problems getting them on bottles once they have nursed the cow is legendary. It is an actual syndrome the swiss assoc has had discussions about. Yes, they are laid back. I find jerseys very easy to raise as long as a person quits trying to stuff too much milk down their throats in the beginning. I have next to no trouble getting them up and going and will take them 100 to 1 over swiss. Holsteins all depend on what dairy I get them off.... if the "bugs" on that dairy are compatible to the ones on my farm. The swiss calves here get discounted more than the jerseys when they get up in size. One reason they are not liked on feed lots is because they get too big to hang properly when "finished"......I have had buyers tell me that point blank. And that they tend to not grade good. [/QUOTE]
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