JerseyCattleLover
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If you have jersey cattle, or are maybe thinking about getting them fell free to chat here!
Everyone is welcome!
Jersey Cattle Chat
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If you have jersey cattle, or are maybe thinking about getting them fell free to chat here!
Everyone is welcome!
freechicken
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We don't have a jersey yet but we hope to very soon! We are in the process of looking for a good family cow right now.
farmerjan
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Just saw this site; have a purebred young jersey cow, 2 yearling jersey heifers, a 1/2 jersey 1/2 holstein older cow, her 3/4 jersey daughter, a guernsey and her 1/2 guernsey 1/2 jersey daughter. Also a 1/2 guernsey 1/2 holstein 2nd calf cow on a commercial dairy and her 3/4 guernsey 1/4 holstein 10 week old heifer calf. Also have several 1/2 jersey 1/2 angus cows in our beef herd. I use the dairy cows as nurse cows with plans for cow/herd shares for milk as soon as I retire as I just can't manage regular milking times now. I did milk the jersey cow once a day and let her calf nurse her the rest of the time. She had mastits as a heifer that was how I got her, so only has 3 milking quarters. But she has a good milking background so hope that her daughter will turn out to be decent. Also raise several jersey steers yearly for beef as well as my son and I have a commercial beef operation and we both work full time off the farm jobs.
I love Jerseys too. Their personalities make them so nice to handle. I can't wait to get mine in a few months! I am so looking forward to that famous Jersey milk. I will be crossing mine with a milky Dexter bull to produce smaller, hardy, dual purpose homestead cows. I feel the steers will be more desirable for meat.
If the Dexter/Jersey cross turns out to be a heifer that's even better. I will cross her with a mini Jersey bull and have a 3/4 Jersey 1/4 Dexter. I like the hybrid vigor genetic diversity brings to the table. It is a long term project and I am starting slow. I would be happy with a cull cow who only has 3 quarters of her udder left, if the price was right, nice temperment and she was bred (or could be). I think the kind of cattle I am aiming for would be called Belfairs (1/2 Jersey- 1/2 Dexter) and Belmonts (higher percentage of Jersey).
As I said I am going slowly so I can grow into my plan and change as I learn. My only cattle experience so far has been helping my grandparents work their beef cattle when I was younger and recently raising a couple of Ayershire steers for beef. My milking experience consists of milking the Nigerian dwarf goat I used to have. It was enough to let me know I enjoy the milking process. I definitely feel I'll soon be ready for the next step of getting my Jersey.
If the Dexter/Jersey cross turns out to be a heifer that's even better. I will cross her with a mini Jersey bull and have a 3/4 Jersey 1/4 Dexter. I like the hybrid vigor genetic diversity brings to the table. It is a long term project and I am starting slow. I would be happy with a cull cow who only has 3 quarters of her udder left, if the price was right, nice temperment and she was bred (or could be). I think the kind of cattle I am aiming for would be called Belfairs (1/2 Jersey- 1/2 Dexter) and Belmonts (higher percentage of Jersey).
As I said I am going slowly so I can grow into my plan and change as I learn. My only cattle experience so far has been helping my grandparents work their beef cattle when I was younger and recently raising a couple of Ayershire steers for beef. My milking experience consists of milking the Nigerian dwarf goat I used to have. It was enough to let me know I enjoy the milking process. I definitely feel I'll soon be ready for the next step of getting my Jersey.
