OH yes! My AI farmer did pick the jersey bull that had the calving ease vs the his other...He looked at her and said she was kinda small so decided on that one. I'm gonna have to be PMing you when her time draws near! LOL!
Stacy
Farmer Kitty! She's beautiful!!! Is she yours?? How lucky!!! I love that color! Could I do that with my jersey...cross with a milking shorthorn to get a blue??
Stacy
Farmer Kitty,
Do you have a pic of a blue and white calf by any chance..or even a grown version? I would LOVE to see that! Maybe I can get a milking shorthorn for her next calf!! I'm willin' to give it a try!!!
Stacy
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That's good to know MissPrissy as we've got a few does and our heifer just got bred! Our heifer won't be due till Feb. 3rd however....I wonder if any of the goats will have given birth by then?? We can't really save milk in the freezer now as we're going to be putting the two steers...
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He didn't say she WON'T breed, he said it would get harder to breed her from there, something about how their reproductive system works. He also said he tries more aggressively to breed from that point, such as using two straws the next time, and four the time after that and finally...
When I took my heifer to be bred on Sunday I asked the same question of the holstein farmer that bred her for me. He said to wait till day 85 after she gives birth to start to AI her again. She should be bred by 100 days and if it gets more than 150-165 days beyond when she gave birth, you will...
How's it going? Did you graft one on her successfully?
We just got our jersery heifer bred today. I was pretty excited, so I can only imagine how tickled I'll be in 9 months!!
Stacy
You can go here http://familycow.proboards32.com/index.cgi
to KFC to learn all about how you could be dealing with your new calf, the dairy cow and grafting calves to her. They are as nice and knowledgeable about dairy cows there as everyone is here about chickens.
Stacy