I was sure hoping to find somebody needing to get rid of a jerse

FarmboyBill · #1 01/26/12, 02:00 PM

milk cow cheap by now. Theyve been few and far between, AND those thats been, been higher than a cats back. I guess everybodies still got enough hay to get buy. Being a easy winter hasnt helped either.

Old Vet · #2 01/26/12, 02:27 PM

I would go for a Guernsey they give more milk and are more common among dairy herds.

FarmboyBill · #3 01/26/12, 04:06 PM

Id take a Brownm SAwiss if I could get one. Thing is, a Jersey wooould provide as much or more milk than I need, and at 64 I dont want to be milking out 2 gal morn and night for the next 10yrs.

GrannySyl · #4 01/26/12, 04:44 PM

If you are willing to start with a calf, there is a guy over in Muskogee, that gets dairy calves on a regular basis. I can get the info from my son, if it would be a help to you.

arcticow · #5 01/26/12, 04:45 PM

Don't know about your area Bill, but all cattle are pretty much cleaned up here. When folks restock, anything will be higher than a tree, let alone a cat's back... near impossible to find Holsteins for a dairy less ya buy 25 or so at a time. Colored cows are just too scarce, and look to get more so.

Lenape Sadie · #6 01/26/12, 05:15 PM

I guess I'm lucky that I live 8 miles from a large dairy farm. Cull Jersey and Guernsey cows go for a thousand bucks bred.
Sadie

Tana Mc · #7 01/26/12, 05:28 PM

Hey Bill! How far are you willing to drive? I have a Jersey dairy nearby that was selling some of their girls pretty reasonably. Heifer calves for $250. They were selling milkers but I couldn't quote a price on them.....

Tana Mc

FarmboyBill · #8 01/26/12, 05:43 PM

Granny. Are they hiefers, and weined?

Tany Where u at in Kans? I came from between Atchison and St Joe.

Tana Mc · #9 01/26/12, 06:01 PM

About 20 miles north of Independence...... or 70 due north of Bartlesville, Ok.

Ramblin Wreck · #10 01/26/12, 06:05 PM

Any cow that can "moo" is bringing top dollar over this way. I paid between $550 and $575 for six heifers in August. I could get $800-$900 for them now if I wanted to sell them. It's a crazy market.

FarmboyBill · #11 01/26/12, 06:13 PM

I know where thats at. I usta take 99 up to go home

GrannySyl · #12 01/26/12, 07:45 PM

[QUOTE=FarmBoyBill;5661195]Granny. Are they hiefers, and weined?

We got a hiefer from him, I didn't want a weined one, I have better luck with cows that I have hand raised. Miss Daisy is doing well. I'll ask my son tomorrow if the guy also has weined calves.

FarmboyBill · #13 01/26/12, 08:01 PM

Thanks to my worthless son. I dont have a place to put that young a calf. I gave him 28 bales of hay round. I asked him to come out and work one day at least a month for it. Hasnt showed up since Nov. He ll kiss stuff better left unkissed before he gets another bale.

Out of courisity, what did he charge for yours?

CountryWannabe · #14 01/26/12, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill

Thanks to my worthless son. I dont have a place to put that young a calf. I gave him 28 bales of hay round. I asked him to come out and work one day at least a month for it.

Now, see, I'd have given you good, green folding money for a few bales if you could deliver... then you could have paid someone to build that place for your calf.

Mary

GrannySyl · #15 01/27/12, 04:29 AM

In early November I paid $175.

billooo2 · #16 01/27/12, 07:44 AM

On the "farm news" this morning (Ohio), one of the guests had done a study and said that this past year was a record-setting year for revenue per cow. It is probably just not great timing to look for many "bargains" in dairy cattle right now.

Don't you have goats? Are they dairy or meat?

The quality of dairy goats has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. It should not be difficult to find a milker that would give 3/4-1+ gallon/day. And, if the animal is healthy, clean equipment, and chill the milk IMMEDIATELY after milking.......it should taste great. (And if you buy a miker, you can always taste her milk BEFORE you buy her.)

luvrulz · #17 01/27/12, 07:54 AM

here in my neck of the woods, cows - bred or otherwise, goats and sheep are all going high.....

CarolT · #18 01/27/12, 10:58 AM

And, to me, goats are easier to milk! I'm going to have fun with 3 freshening this spring! Though probably going to let one just raise kids.

FarmboyBill · #19 01/27/12, 11:26 AM

Yes, I have goats, Nubian, Buck and Doe. Doe dropped last winter and buck killed them. I tried milking doe. Sometimes shed stnd for it, some times she wouldnt, I was afraid that too many times when she wouldnt would cause mastitis so I let her go dry.

If you know me by my posts, or have seen my pics, you would see I dont have a way of loading round bales. My boy and his FIL ahd DDILs mom came out here with FILs Tinker Toy Tractor and trailer and loaded them.

To me they just about milk the same. Ive milked both. If there used to being milked, I dont see a difference in the ease of milking them. IF both tits are the same length.

Granny & Tany Id like to get that info please. Does he sell them one day old or weined.

mamaof3peas · #20 01/27/12, 07:32 PM

Hey, saw this on Craigslist, thought of you

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