http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/ Crossbred Dairy Cattle Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:52:11 GMT jonnylungs http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/62 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/62 I'm currently tracking all of my crossbred cows along with their purebred Holstein herdmates in a spreadsheet in order to gain a clear idea of how the Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:00:56 GMT http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/61 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/61 The following crosseddairycows poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What are your plans for inseminating your crossbreeds? CHOICES Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:59:49 GMT bomgardner8 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/60 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/60 I'm wondering how your crossbreeds are milking. How do they compare to any purebreeds you have on the farm? How are they milking? What about reproduction? Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:30:39 GMT jonnylungs http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/59 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/59 Geno Global has started a new website at www.dairycrossbreeding.com. It brings a lot of information together from many different sources and the ability to Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:03:47 GMT Wendell Miller http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/58 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/58 I like to breed JxH cows to Norwegian Red bulls. They are similar to Ayrshires, and considered, along with Swedish Reds, Finnish Ayrshires, and Danish Reds, Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:47:24 GMT Brina http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/57 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/57 I like to use Guernsey on my crosses...I like the hfrs that have freshened in, but the biggest downfall is the bullcalves don't sell as well if you prefer to Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:43:01 GMT jonnylungs http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/56 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/56 With the Jersey/Holstein crosses, Swedish Red is our main third breed. Don't have any milking yet but they calve easy. Guernsey may also be another possibility Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:16:19 GMT kjfairris http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/55 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/55 I have 3 Jersey/Holstien cross cows and 1 pure bred Jersey... we are looking to breed them to raise more milk cows but want to avoid the problems associated Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:39:12 GMT bomgardner8 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/54 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/54 You should wait until the heifer is 13 months old to AI. If you AI her in 6 months she will only be 9-10 months old. She will calve too young and she won't Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:13:46 GMT heirloomcountryfarms http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/53 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/53 Hello Everyone. It's great to find a group of like minded people! We just purchased our first dairy calf, last Saturday and are so excited about her prospects! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:55:26 GMT Brina http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/52 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/52 Just an FYI...if you can come up with transport, the bottom fell out of the dairy market up here in ND, dairy cows and hfrs are cheapest I have seen in a long Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:12:35 GMT Gregg http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/51 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/51 Does anyone have a couple of extra heifers for sale? Would like close to Alabama-Miss-Tenn area Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:42:22 GMT jonnylungs http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/50 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/50 Hi all, I've added 18 photos to the site in the album 'More Cow Pics' A variety of different ages and different crosses represented from my farm. Crossbreeding Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:55:40 GMT dairy0062001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/49 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/49 WE NOW HAVE AUGUST 2008 CATALOGS AVAILABLE ON SWEDISH RED, MONTBELIARDE, RED DANE, AND DANISH JERSEY. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, FOR A Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:57:30 GMT bomgardner8 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/48 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosseddairycows/message/48 I just checked our records. Holsteins averaged 230,000 and the crosses averaged 133,000 last test. Soon we will have room for 2 groups and I will be