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03/21/12, 05:48 PM
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Youch! Need some breeding stock? :D
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03/21/12, 06:22 PM
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Please GOOGLE jersey bulls. 
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03/21/12, 06:25 PM
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Reminds me of a quote from one of James Herriot's books. "It's all balls and horns".... 
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03/21/12, 06:36 PM
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He was refering to the average stock bull, I actually just read that quote.
I believe Siegfried said it, though.
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03/21/12, 06:41 PM
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He was refering to the average stock bull, I actually just read that quote.
I believe Siegfried said it, though.
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Yep, spot on memory there. 
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03/21/12, 07:21 PM
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I dont blame him. He is probably sick of the e-mails of people wanting to know how to take care of one, do they make good pets for my child? ect ect. Craigslist...what you gonna do.
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03/21/12, 07:32 PM
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I dont blame him. He is probably sick of the e-mails of people wanting to know how to take care of one, do they make good pets for my child? ect ect. Craigslist...what you gonna do.
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Are they ready to butcher yet...................... 
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03/21/12, 08:47 PM
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Yes, I think I will buy one for the kids to play with, and Maybe I can give them some sticks so they can poke him a few times a day. And maybe they will feed him, maybe not, will a five gallon bucket be enough for water every day. Will he be able to be butchered after we breed our longhorn nubian cow, or will we have to keep him around after winter. Can I feed him cornflakes during the winter, as we have a source to get them from the kellogs company. And will we be able to butcher him our selves, we can hang him from the old cottonwood tree and use the side grinder and jab saw to cut him up, how long will we have to leave him hang in the tree before we cut him up. Do you think the neighbors will mind if we just cut off what we need for awhile and just go that route. Can we use the bones also for making jewlery that we can sell at the craft shows next summer. And can we tan the hide and use it for seat cushions in our 1965 VW van, we like to drive that to the craft shows. We also thought about using the hooves to make wind chimes, but the smell may be to strong. We also are going to dry the manure and sell at the farmers markets for the use in organic vegtable gardens, how much should we put in a box. Let me know your ideas if you think this is a good idea. > (this is just a joke) > Thanks Marc
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03/22/12, 07:35 AM
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Marc! You've been answering my ads on craigslist haven't you? I recognise some of the ideas suggested but don't you usually also offer half of the asking price?
(also just a joke~ I think....I really do get emails earily similiar to that from my craigslist ads)
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03/22/12, 08:39 AM
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Okay, I confess I'm an Angus guy. I have no idea what a good Jersey calf should look like, but looking at those calves through my Angus eyes, I wouldn't want one of them if they were free.
Are those good looking Jerseys?
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03/22/12, 10:18 AM
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I can remember what my father used to say.
I would rather have one of my cows get snake bit than bred to one of those bulls.
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03/22/12, 11:29 AM
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You guys are so funny. We no longer talk to people on the phone because it got to be an everynight thing right about the time we sat down to eat. They would stay on the phone for an hour with questions in spite of me saying I have to go. So, we changed our number and I don't give it out anymore. I will answer emails when I get time and I can weed out the nuts that way.
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03/22/12, 01:14 PM
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Jersey bulls look that way till they are about two years old, they are gangly ugly little fellows, I have some that look just about thy same way as the one on the craigs list add. But they are darn good eating, and you can`t get purebred heifers unless you breed the cows to a jersey bull. We started breeding some of our cows to red angus this spring, I am trying to get some calves that are much faster to feed out for beef rather than feed out jersey bulls or steers. Jersey meat is very good quality meat, and I will still have a few that I will have to feed for beef. I also have realized that if we breed half our cows to jersey and the other half to red angus, we will get bull calves from the jersey bull and heifers from the red angus bull. Exactly the opposite way that I want to happen, but Murphies law will have something to do with it. > Thanks Marc
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03/22/12, 02:06 PM
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Jersey bulls look that way till they are about two years old, they are gangly ugly little fellows, I have some that look just about thy same way as the one on the Craig's list add. But they are darn good eating, and you can`t get purebred heifers unless you breed the cows to a jersey bull. We started breeding some of our cows to red Angus this spring, I am trying to get some calves that are much faster to feed out for beef rather than feed out jersey bulls or steers. Jersey meat is very good quality meat, and I will still have a few that I will have to feed for beef. I also have realized that if we breed half our cows to jersey and the other half to red Angus, we will get bull calves from the jersey bull and heifers from the red Angus bull. Exactly the opposite way that I want to happen, but Murphy's law will have something to do with it. > Thanks Marc
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That's nice to know! I thought they were underfed, myself, when I saw the picture.
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03/22/12, 04:58 PM
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I thought they looked pretty crappy myself.
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03/22/12, 06:41 PM
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Jerseys are known for having no rear end, my four year old bull had no butt. Jerseys look like they have been shot out of a gun and their butts just never catch up with them. > Marc
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03/22/12, 08:24 PM
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They look like typical Jerseys to me.
I understand the google suggestion. It gets tiresome the way strangers think they can call up and treat you like the free city library.
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03/22/12, 08:28 PM
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The google suggestion cracked me up.
Can't blame the guy though...
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03/26/12, 12:56 PM
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I am kind of partial to Jersey bulls. This is Abraham at 8 months of age, shortly before he left us to go up north and take over http://tinyurl.com/cvkyjz5 his little herd of 2 cows.
*Guess I will have to learn how to post photos! -- sorry, try again later.
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