Dry Jersey Cow for Sale in Eastern NC

[Tarheelbilly]

Older Jersey cow purchased late last summer while in milk from the Fayetteville area. She's been a good cow-- I hand milked her out in a field for several months while she was tied to a fence post. Time constraints necessitate downsizing. She is NOT bred-- she's an only cow on a micro farm with goats. (She'd previously calved a fairly large Angus cross bull when I bought her.) While my vet was out this way I had him stop by and check her to make sure her plumbing worked. He said that she shouldn't have a problem breeding back-- no guarantees, of course-- but I don't have a bull nor the time to put into getting her bred again. I did purchase a few straws of dairy cow semen from Select back before I decided to go back to work-- if you're interested in AI'ing her and have a way to store the straws, I'd be happy to sell you that, too. Cattle prices are high, so if you're interested in grass/hay fed beef, this could be an option for you, too. (I'm ot sentimental about such things-- she's living a good life and has been treated with great kindness and care!)

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

You might want to put your price in the ad.

 

[Tarheelbilly]

Asking 1000, but the price is negotiable.

 

[redtailgal]

may be interested in negotiating with you.........

How old is older?

Did she raise her calf, or did you bottle raise? If she raised it, was she a good mother? Did she have the calf unassisted?

Any problems with feet or parasites in her history?

 

[Tarheelbilly]

I say older because I really don't know her exact age! I bought her from a young couple (horse lovers) who got her from an old guy up in Surry County, NC. He purchased and sold surplus dairy cows, so they bought her, dry but bred, and brought her home to learn on. She calved that October (which would be a year and a half ago now), and they didn't really milk her much. She had a pretty good sized Angus calf (I saw him with her when I bought her-- he was still nursing at just shy of a year old!). She was a good mom and the previous owners said that she gave birth in their pasture unassisted, and gave plenty of milk and had enough left over for her and her husband to get what they wanted from her.

I come from a beef cow background, and this was my first milk cow. I thought she was a bit thin when I bought her, and they had a LOT of animals on their pasture. I bought her believing that she was bred back to the Angus bull that got in with her a few times (by accident). She'd been in milk nearly a year when I got her, and I milked her for another 3 months before I decided to dry her off and have her preg checked (since no calf seemed to come!). She was indeed open (this was in Jan or so). I got pretty sick, which delayed me pursing getting her bred.

In March I decided to purse AIing. I had a different vet come out (my regular vet doesn't AI). He said that he could tell that she'd had a big calf previously, and he said there wasn't any scar tissue blocking her tubes and that she was cycling. I bought semen from Select and prepared to go through the AI process with her since I don't have a bull, but the med bills from the illness have caught up with us, so I'm going to have to go back to work. :-( So, I've decided to let her go.

While the vet was out in Jan. I asked about Johnes, Bangs, etc, since I didn't have any real history on her, and she said that if she came from a dairy here in NC she would've been vaccinated for Bangs. (She has holes in her ears, but I can't tell whether she has a tattoo-- she's not a huge fan of me messing with her ears.) She is an only cow and has not had any issues with her feet or with parasites. There are no other cows in my area, so contamination isn't an issue. I use Eprinex dewormer, and she's not had issues with scours or anything of that nature.

Temperament wise, she's pretty laid back. We both had to adjust to each other when I first got her home-- she'd not been milked everyday which was my expectation-- but after a few days we got ourselves into a rhythm and things worked out. I milked her with my baby strapped to my back in a carrier sometimes-- I don't say this to indicate that she's a perfect cow, but she wasn't wild as a deer, either. I have pictures of my daughter sitting on her back, for instance. Bess is stubborn, like some people I know, but she's got a good personality. The first time I milked her was at her previous owner's, in their stanchion. She stood there without moving and munched on her grain. We built a rudimentary stanchion for her here (the vet wouldn't preg check her otherwise), and she was fine.

I hope this helps. It's hard to sell her, but in addition to going back to work this year, we're a military family and are moving next spring, so I have to find a good home for her. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks for your inquiry!

 

[redtailgal]

mmm. I'll have to pass. The delivery of the large calf, then the previous owners thinking she had been bred when she was open kind of makes me cautious.

I appreciate the information though.

 

[Tarheelbilly]

No problem. I am an honest person, and certainly don't want to misrepresent her. For what it's worth, the previous owners thought that she was bred because they found the neighbor's bull in with her on two separate occasions, not because they'd intentionally tried to have her bred. Again, they were horse folks and had no experience with cattle of any kind.

Thanks for your interest, though.

 

[redtailgal]

Thank you for your honesty!

 

[Tarheelbilly]