Jersey Thread - For all things Jersey

[DairyGrazing]

A jersey will always be sold and can always be brought to market cus she wont be lame how many holstein dont even make it to cull sale

40 ppl though

Relax only joking.

Haven't ever sold a cow due to lameness. Management and infrastructure for the win.

 

[O'Reilly]

One of the best avaiable american bulls now is calmart pilgrim genus have him he has a huge plus for fertility.I wouldnt dream of useing pure american there too frail but when crossed to a jersey with strength you get a good animal with milk.

Been told pilgrim isn't available any more. A handful of conventional straws, but I don't want jersey bull calves.

 

[O'Reilly]

Apart from a tiny negative on body depth, VJ Huzar would tick those boxes or VJ James but with slightly poorer udder quality.

Huzar has a broken ligament is that not a problem?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Huzar has a broken ligament is that not a problem?

I'd say it was a relatively small negative on his linear. You'll never breed a show cow out of a Danish bull. My cows are still doing <5000l so it wouldn't put me off.

 

[farmboy]

Not had much experience of jerseys, what would be a typical yield and constituents for autumn calved, semi TMR in winter and grazing/cake March-October?? Realise it’s a bit of an how’s long a piece of string question! Friesians on our system probably doing 7600 at 4.2 and 3.4 ish

 

[Bald Rick]

Not had much experience of jerseys, what would be a typical yield and constituents for autumn calved, semi TMR in winter and grazing/cake March-October?? Realise it’s a bit of an how’s long a piece of string question! Friesians on our system probably doing 7600 at 4.2 and 3.4 ish

You can manipulate her diet to contract to an extent depending what you want to feed/price of inputs/forage quality BUT you don't get the double whammy of litres & solids.

As a guide, we are doing roughly 22 litres at 6 & 4 averaged over the whole year but that can vary from solids near or over 11% and litres at 18 or solids at 9% and litres at 25. Depends on herd ave days in milk and especially forage quality. The latter is absolute key

 

[crashbox]

Leftfield question, anyone here much experience of putting jersey straws onto holstein cows?

(Tin hat on...)

 

[Cowmansam]

Leftfield question, anyone here much experience of putting jersey straws onto holstein cows?

(Tin hat on...)

Yes plenty there disappointing in my experience produce a small frail looking cow udders not great yield nothing special get in calf at the sniff of a straw and don’t go lame though

 

[Cowmansam]

Could have been out bull choices but the first cross were not good for anything other than getting in calf very easily

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I'm looking forward to milking some Connacht daughters next spring. He's an ambreed bull and the last unsexed bull I used. CRV ambreed have some good bulls, I with they would sort themselves out and get some sexed.

 

[Homesy]

I'm looking forward to milking some Connacht daughters next spring. He's an ambreed bull and the last unsexed bull I used. CRV ambreed have some good bulls, I with they would sort themselves out and get some sexed. View attachment 979026

They have got some sexed Jersey. In the back of the grass fed catalogue. I think that they are American bred though. Labelled SIRYX

Avoncroft Grazing Catalogue 2020

Avoncroft Grazing Catalogue 2020

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[jerseycowsman]

I'm looking forward to milking some Connacht daughters next spring. He's an ambreed bull and the last unsexed bull I used. CRV ambreed have some good bulls, I with they would sort themselves out and get some sexed. View attachment 979026

The crv kiwi bulls are far better than the bloody LIC things

 

[jerseycowsman]

I'm looking forward to milking some Connacht daughters next spring. He's an ambreed bull and the last unsexed bull I used. CRV ambreed have some good bulls, I with they would sort themselves out and get some sexed. View attachment 979026

The crv kiwi bulls are far better than the bloody LIC things

 

[som farmer]

The crv kiwi bulls are far better than the bloody LIC things

doubly so ?

 

[Llmmm]

The crv kiwi bulls are far better than the bloody LIC things

Any proof of this on the nz proofs a bull like connact is minus 0.9 for stature minus 40kg liveweight minus 900 ltrs lic have bull better than this ive only used small numbers of lic none milking yet so none to compare

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Any proof of this on the nz proofs a bull like connact is minus 0.9 for stature minus 40kg liveweight minus 900 ltrs lic have bull better than this ive only used small numbers of lic none milking yet so none to compare

Remember those are across breed indexes so pretty much all the Jersey's will be minus on stature and milk volume.

 

[Llmmm]

Remember those are across breed indexes so pretty much all the Jersey's will be minus on stature and milk volume.

I realise that but look at bull gallivant lic bull im not saying im right but he looks a decent bull theres also bulls there like oasis ,flint they have good proofs

 

[pappuller]

Florence, 153 dim given 5900 kg @ 4.9/3.8. Not yet in calf but served to Jersey 35 days ago
She was bought out of Gisburn by my daughter as an ic heifer earlier this year.

 

[Beef farmer]

Florence, 153 dim given 5900 kg @ 4.9/3.8. Not yet in calf but served to Jersey 35 days ago
She was bought out of Gisburn by my daughter as an ic heifer earlier this year.

How many straws so far?

 

[borderterribles]

Florence, 153 dim given 5900 kg @ 4.9/3.8. Not yet in calf but served to Jersey 35 days ago
She was bought out of Gisburn by my daughter as an ic heifer earlier this year.

Wow, a Jersey heifer that has averaged just shy of 40 litres/day, so far? Is Florence her pedigree name? From Ravenfield??