Milking Shorthorn cow

[Cow Owner Wannabe]

Hey Daron I like that cow.

-Geremiah

 

[Farmerboy]

Thanks. It nice to see ya over here on BYH!

We named her ''Bella''.

If you want to be updated on her, go to this thread- http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17906

 

[kfacres]

My family and I are getting a cow in the spring for family use, and my dad wanted a dual purpose type. Cow for milk, and any extra calves can go to the freezer when they are big enough. So, did some reading and asking around, and I came up to 2 breeds- Milking Shorthorn and a Brown Swiss. I think a Milking Shorthorn will be better for us than the Brown Swiss, as they are smaller, mature earlier and hardier. Also they are easier to milk for they have better teats then most dairy breeds. I have asked the owner of the local feedmill where to find one, and he knows a farm that has Milking Shorthorn, and will give me the name and number of the owner in a few days. I was glad for they are rare in our area.
I want to know more about this breed, and I would like to read your experiences with Milking Shorthorns, and please post pictures here of your cow/herd.

Thanks!

save yourself the trouble.. you have your desc of the two mixed flopped back and forth...

 

[Farmerboy]

My family and I are getting a cow in the spring for family use, and my dad wanted a dual purpose type. Cow for milk, and any extra calves can go to the freezer when they are big enough. So, did some reading and asking around, and I came up to 2 breeds- Milking Shorthorn and a Brown Swiss. I think a Milking Shorthorn will be better for us than the Brown Swiss, as they are smaller, mature earlier and hardier. Also they are easier to milk for they have better teats then most dairy breeds. I have asked the owner of the local feedmill where to find one, and he knows a farm that has Milking Shorthorn, and will give me the name and number of the owner in a few days. I was glad for they are rare in our area.
I want to know more about this breed, and I would like to read your experiences with Milking Shorthorns, and please post pictures here of your cow/herd.

Thanks!

save yourself the trouble.. you have your desc of the two mixed flopped back and forth...

I am not quite sure what you are saying....
I have already found a very nice friendly heifer. So, I think that I will dismiss what you are saying. Have a great day.

Bella

 

[kfacres]

My family and I are getting a cow in the spring for family use, and my dad wanted a dual purpose type. Cow for milk, and any extra calves can go to the freezer when they are big enough. So, did some reading and asking around, and I came up to 2 breeds- Milking Shorthorn and a Brown Swiss. I think a Milking Shorthorn will be better for us than the Brown Swiss, as they are smaller, mature earlier and hardier. Also they are easier to milk for they have better teats then most dairy breeds. I have asked the owner of the local feedmill where to find one, and he knows a farm that has Milking Shorthorn, and will give me the name and number of the owner in a few days. I was glad for they are rare in our area.
I want to know more about this breed, and I would like to read your experiences with Milking Shorthorns, and please post pictures here of your cow/herd.

Thanks!

save yourself the trouble.. you have your desc of the two mixed flopped back and forth...

I am not quite sure what you are saying....
I have already found a very nice friendly heifer. So, I think that I will dismiss what you are saying. Have a great day.

Bella
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/5723_7050019921635_orig.jpeg

too bad that's not a milking shorthorn.

The words you described a Milking Shorthorn being-- are what I could say about a Brown Swiss. I live on a 100 cow- all 6 breeds dairy farm- and have my entire life. The Milking Shorthorn, is the poorest quality milk cow in the country- in it's pure form.

 

[Cricket]

Farmerboy was researching what kind of cow he and his family should get when he wrote that post--in the end up they ended up with Bella.

I also work on a farm where we have quite a number of different breeds of cows and run Jersey bulls and do some AI. We have 4 Milking Shorthorn out of 200 milkers--they are far from the highest producers, but I wouldn't hesitate to have one at home. At least the ones I see would give plenty of milk for a family and better beef than many dairy breeds--and they're smart.

 

[kfacres]

Farmerboy was researching what kind of cow he and his family should get when he wrote that post--in the end up they ended up with Bella.

I also work on a farm where we have quite a number of different breeds of cows and run Jersey bulls and do some AI. We have 4 Milking Shorthorn out of 200 milkers--they are far from the highest producers, but I wouldn't hesitate to have one at home. At least the ones I see would give plenty of milk for a family and better beef than many dairy breeds--and they're smart.

doesn't take much to outproduce a jersey or a guernsey. Their udder structure, dairy charactor, and breeding back ability alone is enough to keep them off my list of favorites.

I think it would be hard to beat a Jersey for a home milk cow- -small, and if you don't poor the grain to them-- they won't give tons. Breed them Angus- and enjoy that beef... Afterall, what do you think injected the added milk, calving ease, marbling, and CURLY Calf into the Angus breed?

 

[WildRoseBeef]

I think it would be hard to beat a Jersey for a home milk cow- -small, and if you don't poor the grain to them-- they won't give tons. Breed them Angus- and enjoy that beef... Afterall, what do you think injected the added milk, calving ease, marbling, and CURLY Calf into the Angus breed?

What are you talking about??? All these traits were already in the Angus breed before supposedly the Shorthorn breed (NOT milking shorthorns!) was infused into them. And of course, there are reports of Shorthorn getting into the Angus bloodline due to the fact they quickly gained popularity and nearly pushed the Angus breed to extinction, but as to WHAT they improved and HOW is not really known. And curly calf syndrome has nothing to do with the Shorthorn breed. I don't know where you're getting your information from but CCS is an exclusively Angus-related problem due to a bunch of line-breeding done to keep the line pure. After all, all Angus cattle can be traced back to only a couple of animals.

Unless you're referring to the Jersey breed, which is one thing I really gotta raise the BS flag here.

And I think you've had some problems with some bad genetics in your MS herd. Maybe if you try to improve the genetics of those MS cows you wouldn't be so quick to point out that they're opposite to what Farmerboy had found out about.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Now let me get this straight KSFacres....First you say that Milking Shorthorns are poor animals. Then you say that Guernsey and Jersey are also poor in terms of bad udder conformation, fertility and "dairy character", but then turn around and say they're great for a family milk cow?? There are plenty of dairies around here that have Jersey cattle and they're used quite a bit along with the Holsteins, and the Jersey's I've seen don't exactly have all the traits or troubles you've experienced. Again, like I said before, it sounds like you've had some bad experiences with some bad genetics in your herd.

Farmerboy already made his choice and his purchase, so it's no use beating a dead horse over something that's already happened. I think he's pretty happy with what he got and she looks like she'll turn out into a nice family milk cow. So lets leave it at that, okay?

 

[DuckLady]

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