A new calf

[Thewife]

I'm sorry Kitty.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Here's this morning's calf. He is 1/8 belgin blue and the rest is holstein.

 

[wynedot55]

he is a fine looking bull calf.love his red color.i gotta ask.what are you doing with belgin blue blood in your dairy cattle.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

he is a fine looking bull calf.love his red color.i gotta ask.what are you doing with belgin blue blood in your dairy cattle.

There's some of those darn herfords too! I hate milking herford crosses!

DH had intended to diversify and have beef cattle too. I told him it would never happen and we would endup milking the darn things so, I strongly argued against the herfords. Well, we ended up milking them as he just couldn't leave them out in the pasture to raise their own calves and be beef cows.

 

[wynedot55]

well we used to milk a few of my dads fav beef cows.he sold the beef cows 2 or 3 months after we started milking.because he didnt want to tend to 2 herds.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Depends on the breed to how they are for milking. The belguin blue crosses are not bad (except for keeping their stomachs full ) but, those herfords with the lack of udder support and low udders are horrible!

 

[Thewife]

Kitty, have you ever had Norwegien(?) reds?
I only milked one, but beef wise she could put a lot of beef cows to shame and for awhile there, she was the highest producer on the dairy!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

No, no norweign (sp?) reds here. The belgiun blue are real nice beef animals as they are double muscle. DM cattle tend toward less fat, or so they claim. We have butchered a couple and my poor freezer really groans over them. I think it prefers the holsteins. Got news for it. If it's not a belgiun blue cross it's looking at it will probably be a milking shorthorn cross.

 

[wynedot55]

well a shorthorn cross wont make it grown

 

[Farmer Kitty]

No, but more to them than a holstein.