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<blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 2796700" data-attributes="member: 16975"><p>I'm not sure what your ultimate goal is, but you need to "size" your milk cow, to the amount of milk production you need. I used to own a few non-dairy cows, ran them on my father-in-laws land. He decided since he had the free labor (me), that he would buy some young steers and a Holstein milk cow, and let them nurse off her. Three young steers couldn't keep up with her milk production and one of her teats became swollen and inflamed, she developed mastitis, my wife and I doctored her and got her healed up. I advised my FiL, to sell her, but he didn't, when she freshened up the next year, the problem reoccur ed and she got down and died. Holstein's produce massive quantities of milk, if I didn't have the market for the milk, I would go with a Jersey or some other breed that produced a more moderate amount of milk. As others have pointed out dairy cows are a lifetime commitment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briarcreekguy, post: 2796700, member: 16975"] I'm not sure what your ultimate goal is, but you need to "size" your milk cow, to the amount of milk production you need. I used to own a few non-dairy cows, ran them on my father-in-laws land. He decided since he had the free labor (me), that he would buy some young steers and a Holstein milk cow, and let them nurse off her. Three young steers couldn't keep up with her milk production and one of her teats became swollen and inflamed, she developed mastitis, my wife and I doctored her and got her healed up. I advised my FiL, to sell her, but he didn't, when she freshened up the next year, the problem reoccur ed and she got down and died. Holstein's produce massive quantities of milk, if I didn't have the market for the milk, I would go with a Jersey or some other breed that produced a more moderate amount of milk. As others have pointed out dairy cows are a lifetime commitment. [/QUOTE]
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