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synergy1
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My Crossbred Cow Thread....
Jonnylungs-- If you had a pure holstein that peaked at 35 pounds a day would you keep her.?What do your 2 years usally peak at?
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19/5/2009, 12:19
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JonnyLungs
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Re: My Crossbred Cow Thread....
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Jonnylungs-- If you had a pure holstein that peaked at 35 pounds a day would you keep her.?What do your 2 years usally peak at?
If there was nothing else wrong with her, then yes, I'd keep her around to see what she does in the second lactation.
I did have a Holstein X Swedish Red I rid myself of in the first lactation for production purposes. Something must've happened to her as a calf or heifer as she simply could not produce more than 10 lbs./day. There ain't no sugar coating that kind of production so she went down the road. Thankfully that seems to be the exception when it comes to Holstein X Swedish Reds as most are very competitive production wise with my pure Holsteins.
Average peak milk on my farm for all first lactation animals is 94 lbs.
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19/5/2009, 12:40
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JonnyLungs
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My Crossbred Cow Thread....
That one is a little closer to my decent Mo X Ho cow. The one I have pictured a few posts up is even more rotund than she was when pictured, soon to dry off.
I'm a bit conflicted with the Montbeliarde breed since I have only two milking, one good, one bad. I've all but suspended my use of Monty and Normande semen for the time being so I can see what I've got with some more heifers coming.
The next batch will determine what role they will play in my system.
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23/7/2009, 17:55
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foxleigh
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My Crossbred Cow Thread....
if i were you
id try and use some of the swiss genetics red bulls ...... many of them only have a small % of fleckvieh the rest being red holstein.from presonal experiance their type is a lot better than fleckvieh/montbelarde from other countries.
we used some SG blitz last year and have a smashing red heifer X redman and a b&w one who is smaller and rounder but still very correct.
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23/7/2009, 21:26
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foxleigh
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Re: My Crossbred Cow Thread....
actually no -
2 heifers as above
1 silver grey bull x british friesian
1 chocolat brown with curly hair and eyepatches bull
after I commented on this to a classification commitee members wife she said check the code and yes blitz is only 92% red holstein.
I was suspisious after the silver grey but blamed the british friesian but after the choclate brown one I was sure.
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24/7/2009, 11:22
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