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Farmer Kitty
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She sure is. I had to double check her pedigree to make sure she is all holstein with the pretty markings.
A new calf
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I wish I could check the pedigree on the heifer I had the other day. I don't know if her thin skin is Brahma, or Jersey! I took a winter off a few years back, Mr.X was in charge of records!Farmer Kitty said:
According to the tiny notes he gave me, I even had a cow that calved, before she was born?
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Farmer Kitty
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Well, Mr. X isn't really reliable.thewife said:
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Farmer Kitty
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Thank you. Most of ours are holstein or holstein/milking shorthorn crosses. We do have some jersey blood in there-I miss the full blooded ones. And a few beef crosses. Holsteins give an awful lot of milk for a family cow so I would recommend the jerseys. You can cross breed them if you want to raise the calf for beef instead of replacement animals.Soybean said:
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Good question. I would say to start a new thread asking. We deal with the dairy side of things so I'm not sure what to say. Personally, I would probably say milking shorthorn. They are usually easy calving and are more meaty than a jersey but, are still a milking breed so if it's a heifer you would decide to breed her for replacement you could. But, then I'm parcel to the milking shorthorn crosses.Soybean said:
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All this talk about twins on here lately. We forgot to mention that they tend to come early and that one calf can be weaker than the other and may not make it.
Clover freshened this afternoon. Twin heifers-one black and white the other red and white. Two weeks early. The little red and white one was to weak and didn't make it.
I couldn't get Clover or Thunder, who both wanted the other one, to take her and I worked her over good but, all I could get was that blah that if you've dealt with dying calves enough you hate to hear. She never even struggled to situp.
I'll post pic of her sister later. I'll also be taking a pic of the little one that didn't make it for the records due to them being twins. If you guys want I can post it too. I have her propped up like she is sleeping.
Clover freshened this afternoon. Twin heifers-one black and white the other red and white. Two weeks early. The little red and white one was to weak and didn't make it.
I couldn't get Clover or Thunder, who both wanted the other one, to take her and I worked her over good but, all I could get was that blah that if you've dealt with dying calves enough you hate to hear. She never even struggled to situp. I'll post pic of her sister later. I'll also be taking a pic of the little one that didn't make it for the records due to them being twins. If you guys want I can post it too. I have her propped up like she is sleeping.
