Jersey Thread - For all things Jersey

[Jdunn55]

View attachment 1158971View attachment 115897222 month old Ferdinand daughter,hopefully make a smart cow

Your jerseys do tempt me I have to be honest! Have you got a bad one? Every photo you put up looks phenomenal!

 

[Ducati899]

Your jerseys do tempt me I have to be honest! Have you got a bad one? Every photo you put up looks phenomenal!

thanks,I’ve been very selective in what I’ve purchased to start the herd and touch wood hardly any have turned out bad,what started out as wanting 10 or so to blend in has turned into nearly having 70 including replacements were surprised how well they milk,got a few of the older cows touching 40kg@45 dim with decent solids still and 7 heifers i purchased bar 1 done near on or just over 7000kg at 305 days,

 

[Tim G]

An new addition to the herd today. Another purchased with her but due to calve any day so will wait until she has before moving her home.

 

[willowwarbler]

Beautiful. Theres nothing to beat a Jersey! Had my first one bought , a day old calf, when I was 8 . Now reduced to suckler cows that are Jersey x B Blue . Not quite the same ........

 

[Welshram]

Beautiful. Theres nothing to beat a Jersey! Had my first one bought , a day old calf, when I was 8 . Now reduced to suckler cows that are Jersey x B Blue . Not quite the same ........

Could you put up some pictures of them please I really like the idea of a jersey x blue but everyone thinks I’m crazy

 

[willowwarbler]

Could you put up some pictures of them please I really like the idea of a jersey x blue but everyone thinks I’m crazy

Always happy to promote the Jersey x B Blue cross ! Usually pedigree Jersey breeders put some of their cows to the BB , and thats where I ve found mine over the years. Wouldnt have any other type [ ex dairy farmers and no longer young , so wild sucklers isnt our thing!]
Pros: They have the most wonderful temperament , easy to handle and keep .Ours live on grass April-Nov, haylage in winter , minerals before calving . Nothing else.
The rich milk gets calves fat [ pic is of a Baz cross, typical shape, but we now have an AA bull, for easy calving]
Good feet and general longevity [ I have 3 that are 17 , some 16 yr olds etc]
Cons: can have too much milk , and therefore mastitis and milk fever do happen.
They are usually smaller than the average suckler cow, and therefore cant be put to a B Blue bull or Charolais or similar [ but usually fine with a Limmy etc]

 

[Spudley]

Absolutely fabulous looking cows and calves!!!

 

[willowwarbler]

Absolutely fabulous looking cows and calves!!!

Thank you - they re virtually pets really - but isnt that what Jerseys will do you , just so characterful and friendly.

 

[sidjon]

Could you put up some pictures of them please I really like the idea of a jersey x blue but everyone thinks I’m crazy

Worked on a farm in the early ninety's, which ran couple hundred bluex Jersey cows onto to a simmental bull and calves topped Cutcombe Market, easy cows to deal with, the last year I worked there they moved over to Lim's and ended up with wild ass cow's

 

[willowwarbler]

Worked on a farm in the early ninety's, which ran couple hundred bluex Jersey cows onto to a simmental bull and calves topped Cutcombe Market, easy cows to deal with, the last year I worked there they moved over to Lim's and ended up with wild ass cow's

Farmer obviously didnt have to handle his cows himself! OH and myself have a combined age of 143, so we need quiet cows - and have no problems even when calves are new borns .

 

[Welshram]

Always happy to promote the Jersey x B Blue cross ! Usually pedigree Jersey breeders put some of their cows to the BB , and thats where I ve found mine over the years. Wouldnt have any other type [ ex dairy farmers and no longer young , so wild sucklers isnt our thing!]
Pros: They have the most wonderful temperament , easy to handle and keep .Ours live on grass April-Nov, haylage in winter , minerals before calving . Nothing else.
The rich milk gets calves fat [ pic is of a Baz cross, typical shape, but we now have an AA bull, for easy calving]
Good feet and general longevity [ I have 3 that are 17 , some 16 yr olds etc]
Cons: can have too much milk , and therefore mastitis and milk fever do happen.
They are usually smaller than the average suckler cow, and therefore cant be put to a B Blue bull or Charolais or similar [ but usually fine with a Limmy etc]

Wow what a cracking heard of cattle you have and using a baz bull that was my exact plan
Ware do you get your cows from and any tips what to look out for

 

[willowwarbler]

Wow what a cracking heard of cattle you have and using a baz bull that was my exact plan
Ware do you get your cows from and any tips what to look out for

Most of my cows were sourced from Jersey herds as young calves . Some as stirks , again from Jersey herds. I looked up Yorks Jersey herds and rang them directly.Everyone I rang was very helpful , and if they had BB x calves were happy to sell on to be sucklers . One of my best buys was from talking to a herdsman at the Gt Yorks show , we acquired a heifer from a top herd [ then , gone now 19 years later] who turned out to be in calf to their young Jersey bull. So I got a 3/4 bred Jersey , she was a beauty! I ll put a pic below.
Today s Jerseys are getting more extreme of course , so my tip would be to find , if possible, the older type of Island Jersey herds. Our Baz bull left some cracking calves , but they were a bit too big for our elderly cows. We now have a native type AA, and they just pop them out![ tho of course they arent so good to sell] Good luck!

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Wow what a cracking heard of cattle you have and using a baz bull that was my exact plan
Ware do you get your cows from and any tips what to look out for

I'll have 300+ BB calves out of jersey and jersey x cows before the end of march if you wanted any.

 

[Welshram]

I'll have 300+ BB calves out of jersey and jersey x cows before the end of march if you wanted any.

Won’t be able to bring on calf’s this year but I’ll keep you in mind when I eventually get the new shed up
Do you also autumn calf as I need the shed for more lambing pens

 

[borderterribles]

Is anyone here in possession of, or currently using any Unique Ghost straws. I think I may be getting the runaround.

 

[Ducati899]

We’re using Angus on some of our jerseys now,first calf looks ok at 39 days old

 

[Ducati899]

Smart milky second calver

 

[Bald Rick]

About to start her 11th lactation

And not the only one in the herd either

 

[borderterribles]

Has anyone sold any barren heifers recently. Looking for a price, please?