Trouble with jersey

[spurdie]

So we bought a good looking jersey heifer that was supposedly bred and wasnt, she went into heat on her next cycle, during which we bred her to our neighbors bull. We thought she took, 21 days came and went, then at 42 or so days she went into heat again. Has anyone else experienced this? Dow heifers conceive then lose a calf? All of the old timers up here say "aint never heered of thet". We again bred her back and we are on day 30, so we have our fingers crossed.

[agmantoo]

Apparently the heifer in question is not fertile. Often the best appearing animal in the herd is the one that is not bred. Not having to provide for a developing calf allows all of the nutrient to maintain the cow in top condition. Contact the seller for an exchange or money back. Normally in a situation like this the animal is sent to the sell barn and the difference in what she brings and what was paid is refunded. Obviously coordinate this with the original seller prior to marketing the heifer.

[spurdie]

Thanks for your response. Thats what I was afraid of. So it isnt unusual for an unbred heifer to not go into heat for a cycle'?

[commonsense]

spurdie, she may have taken, but then resorbed or lost the pregnancy. My AI vet explained that the greatest number of pregnancy losses occur during that first month or so. She may take on the next try and carry just fine.

[springvalley]

Once again hard to make a call on an animal you can`t look at or check. Give her another try, see if she takes this time. If she comes back in heat maybe put her in the freezer? I have no idea where you bought her or the agreement with the seller. If you got her at the sale barn you assume all risk. Could be she is to fat or to thin, or has some illness, no idea with a long distance diagnoses. Thanks Marc

[myersfarm]

sounds just like the HEIFER I sold in September....

.she would even bag up and still NO calf I had her blood pregancy checked at 2 months .....bred

I sleeved her at 8 months and no calf but had bagged up like any time..


..sold her she was bred again in 2 nd stage ...

[Gregg Alexander]

Have the vet check her she might have a cystic ovary

[DJ in WA]

Yeah, sell her to someone else, and they'll be posting on here in a couple months wondering what's wrong.

I'm interested in the reason the seller said they sold her to you. Probably like the reasons people say they're selling their used cars with problems they can't fix.

Ideally, she should be hamburger. There may be ways to fix some problems and get her pregnant, but you hope you're not passing on bad genetics.

[Ronney]

On another farming site somebody posted about exactly the same problem. Not a Jersey but a BWF (Hereford/Friesian). In this case they had decided to put her in the freezer but somebody replying to the thread suggested that she may have been a freemartin? I don't know but commonsense tells me that even in the animal world there will always be the odd one that can't conceive or can't hold a pregnancy.

I have had a similar problem but with a much older cow which had several calves under her belt. She went to the bull, never returned and 4 months later came into heat BIG TIME. She jumped a fence to get at a bull calf and ruined one of her teats in the process and created mayhem with the rest of the herd. I never found an aborted calf and nor did the dogs - and dogs are good at finding that sort of thing She then went into cycling every week, every 14 days, whenever she felt like it and the vet tells me they call that nymphomania. I had the vet out twice, first when she came on heat again and he confirmed she wasn't pregnant and again later to ascertain if there was a problem with her. She did finally become pregnant ( the bull was still running with the herd) and two calves later she is fine. We never did get to the bottom of it.

Cheers,
Ronnie

[randiliana]

Have you had her pregchecked. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while you can have a cow that is pregnant, but also regularly shows heat.

Otherwise talk to a vet or AI tech, if she is cystic, you may be able to get her straightened out.

[cjb]

Our Jersey was bred, showed all the signs of being in heat two months later then had a calf at 9 months.

She should be bred now and was hollering her head off last night. We'll see...

[spurdie]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I need to find a vet now.

[southridgeacre]

CJB, Did your jersey even have blood after her "heat?" My cow was bred, but has gone into heat, my friend who knows cows better than I do said that the blood was a sure sign that she didn't take.
Samara

[DJ in WA]

Originally Posted by southridgeacre

CJB, Did your jersey even have blood after her "heat?" My cow was bred, but has gone into heat, my friend who knows cows better than I do said that the blood was a sure sign that she didn't take.
Samara

Yes, the blood comes from ovulation.

[tinknal]

What is the history of this critter? If she came from a working herd you have to ask why she was sold in the first place. Working dairy farmers seldom let a heifer go unless she is trouble.