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01/29/12, 09:05 PM
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What kind of cows do you raise?
My father keeps Angus/Shorthorn on the farm. I will be fencing some acreage off to raise some Dexter and Dairy breeds as my father's cattle are his he uses the income from the calves to pay the land taxes and for a loan on a tractor.
But I digress my original question was what kind of cattle do y'all raise?
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01/29/12, 10:34 PM
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I raise any kind of dairy calfs I can buy and some beef breed calfs if they are cheap
I have Jersey , Holstien, Milking Shorthorn and Jersey /Holstien cross COWS
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01/29/12, 11:00 PM
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Profitable cattle.
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01/30/12, 07:31 AM
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Dexter and Scottish Highland. Contrary to popular belief both breeds can be profitable if you have an efficient operation and develop a good market for them outside of the sale barn.
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01/30/12, 07:34 AM
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I should also add it helps if you don't look for the "cheapest" cow or bull out there as your breeding stock.
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01/30/12, 07:45 AM
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Agreed. That's the one's I'm looking for. As I posted on another thread, I'm pleased with the Sim/Angus cross.
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01/30/12, 07:51 AM
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Location: Southeast Iowa
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I have three Dexters. I've raised a few dairy steers and beef steers in the past, but I think the Dexters are my favorite. I've got the bull, the cow and last year's little heifer. It's all we need for myself and my Dh. The bull is as laid back as I could ever want and he's earning his keep by breeding others' cows, too. I love my Dexters. It helps that my girl is a milker. Hand milking really makes you feel closer to your livestock. 
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01/30/12, 08:06 AM
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I am getting a couple of dexters in March. Looking forward to it!
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01/30/12, 08:25 AM
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We raise beef cows. Shorthorn, Hereford and Angus (red and black) mostly for crossbred calves. But we do have 1 purebred Holstein cow and 2 half Holstein cows, for nurse cows.
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01/30/12, 09:01 AM
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We have Jersey's and one Guernsey, but we are surrounded by thousands upon thousands of Angus both red and black and then a few mixed herds made up of black baldies, Charlois, and mixes of everything else. See very few herds of pure Hereford any more. In our county the cattle FAR out number the people.
All the ranchers laugh at me and my little halter broke cow I lead around that's half the size of their Angus cows. That's ok. I'd put my Jersey up against their Angus any day.
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01/30/12, 09:04 AM
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I have two Jersey/Holstien cross heifers that I bottle fed over last summer. And then for Christmas I got 2 bred Belgian Blue/Angus/Brama crosses. Pearl had a little bull calve who will end up in our freezer and the other Heifer, Little Bitty, is due any day now. We are just starting with cows.
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01/30/12, 09:06 AM
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6e ...My first jersey cow Bessie raised 16 calfs the first year I had her....MOST OF THEM WERE ANGUS...
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01/30/12, 09:08 AM
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Bessie my first Jersey cow raised 16 calfs in a year
post on wrong like sorry
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01/30/12, 09:09 AM
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Years ago when we still raised cattle we bred santa gertrudis cows to a brown swiss bull.
Kept the heifers and bred them to a good hereford bull.
Large size beef animals that produced a lot of milk.
At the time herefords went for a premimun and most of the calves were red white faced.
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01/30/12, 09:22 AM
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We have 2 Jerseys, 1 Jersey Guernsey, 1 Jersey/beef?, 1 Charolais cross, One Red Angus and her baby, and one Holstein bull calf.
I am hoping my Jersey Guernsey calves today, she was to have been bred to a Jersey
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01/30/12, 09:41 AM
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Family Jersey Dairy
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We have about thirty head of Jerseys around right now, no where as many as we use to. > Thanks Marc
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01/30/12, 10:07 AM
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Mostly Brangus, with alittle Angus in the mix. I've bred them to Angus, Brangus and Maine Anjou bulls with great success for freezer calves.
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01/30/12, 10:18 AM
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Quote:
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This. My only requisite is they like grass and have some respect for fences/people. Anyone that looks like they won't be able to handle either of those things gets shipped out ASAP.
After reading about your grass system I've decided that (and so far it's working!) that it doesn't matter as much what type of cattle they are, so long as costs are low they all make money.
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01/30/12, 10:48 AM
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We are working at raising seedstock. We have purebred, registered Tarentaise cattle.
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01/30/12, 10:53 AM
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Jersey, Brown Swiss and Holstein
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