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Bull calf the begining




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Bull calf the begining

Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:45 pm

Beautiful boy.
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Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:08 pm

Just look at that face.
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Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:17 am

Awww..... :D
Newborn foal picture and now a calf? I love it.
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Re: Bull calf the begining

Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:41 pm

Silver Lake's Remmington three weeks old.
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Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:27 am

Cute Calf both newborn and 3 weeks
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Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:14 am

He's the start of a breeding program. This heifer doesn't know what to think of him. She'll think differently is about six months.
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Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:30 pm

We got this girl for Remington in Oregon.




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Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:31 pm

History of the Magnificent Jersey Breed

A Brief History of the Jersey Cow

The Channel Islands are located at the northwest coast of France and the south coast of England. The cattle which are located there still today, have been there for thousands of years, with the exception of the Alderney cattle. During WWII, most of the pure-breed Alderney cattle were removed from the island of its name, to Guernsey in the summer of 1940, because the island was then occupied by the Germans and it was difficult for the few remaining islanders to milk them. On Guernsey, the cattle were interbred with local breeds. The few pure-breed cattle remaining on Alderney were killed and eaten by the Germans in 1944. 1 At an undetermined future time, the Alderney cow was migrated to the Isle of Jersey and became estabished as the predominate dairy cow on that island, eventually being exported from there throughout the world. The breed name was then established as "Jersey", forgoing it's former historical beginning.

Up until this time, the Channel Islands of Alderney, Jersey and Guernsey, produced some wonderful dairy breeds of cattle. It was the Alderney cattle who were “deer like” in conformation with wide bulging eyes and fine boning. These special traits are what we now admire in the Jersey cow as referred to by Willis P. Hazard in 1872, below:

The animal known in England and elsewhere under the name of the Alderney cow, is the same which is now under our consideration. The reason for the breed going under the name of Alderney is, that from that island the first were exported to England. In form, the Jersey cow is deer-like, and small in size; the colors mostly prized are the light red and white, the brown and the fawn; brindled specimens are rarely seen; they are not at all valued, and may be purchased extremely cheap. The cow is naturally quiet, so much so that a mere child can manage her. She had always possessed the head of a fawn, a soft eye, an elegant crumpled horn, small ears, yellow within, a clean neck and throat, fine bones, a fine tail; above all, a well formed, capacious udder, with large, swelling milk veins. 2
In 1789, the Jersey breed was already considered to be far superior to any known dairy cow in production. Her milk was rich and plentiful while her cream was unsurpassed in butterfat. The local legislature passed a law that banned importation of any other horned bull, cow, calf or heifer to the island under stiff penalty. And if caught doing so, the animals being brought in, were to be killed immediately with the meat given to the poor. Thus, the law remains to this day…no foreign horned cattle are allowed to come to Jersey with the exception of butcher’s meat. Guernsey cattle were not deemed foreign, but there were relatively few of them present on the island of Jersey

There were also distinct differences between the cattle from one side of the island (Jersey) to the other. The north/northwest coast of Jersey is high and rocky with short, lush vegetation. Thus, the cattle from this side of the island were small and very fine boned, yet very hardy. On the southward facing part of the island, the terrain was very lush in pasture, sloping gracefully to the sea coast. The cattle here grew much larger and were considered to be more delicate. It was then advised to never out cross this breed, but instead to cross the smaller cattle of the higher mountainous region with those of the lower region. These larger mid-sized cows seem to be the most profitable and desired cattle of this breed. But, the smaller cows can get by with less forage and seem somewhat hardier than their mid-sized counterparts. They can also be kept in smaller acreage, thus, more cattle can be maintained to produce more calves to sell.

“A large Ayrshire or Dutch cow, giving 4000 quarts of milk during the year, will produce an over-supply during one season, and go entirely dry at another. She will consume as much food as would support two little Jerseys giving each 2000 quarts of milk, one coming in in the spring and one coming in in the fall. In perhaps a majority of instances, accommodation can be furnished for only one cow, and food for only one small one. For such cases the smaller Jerseys are especially adapted, such as will give ten quarts of milk at their flush(freshening), and not fall below three quarts within six weeks of the next calving; the cream increasing in proportion and becoming richer as the quantity of milk decreases, thus maintaining a satisfactory quantity for at least ten months of the year, and yielding enough for necessary use during the eleventh.” 3

The Jersey breed is known for its richness of cream and volumes of it. It is also thought that when the cows are forced to produce larger quantities of milk, it gets thinner with a smaller cream band. The Jersey carcass as beef, has a yellow fat and should not be hanged for aging longer than 7 days to prevent the fats from turning rancid. This is because the Jersey is not known to digest the beta carotene from its food. That stored beta carotene is the reason for the rich yellow color of the milk, cream and carcass fat.

During the late 1800’s, the exportation of the original Jerseys were high in demand into the USA and around the world, but only in the taller sizes. So, many of the original smaller animals were hunted down and killed to keep them from breeding more of the smaller cattle, which did not sell well at that time. The mid-sized cattle were considered to be the “perfect milk cow” because of her size not too big for the smaller homestead farm nor too small to produce enough to feed the family with ease.

Today, the Alderney cattle are extinct on that island with only the crossed bloodlines still remaining in the Jersey’s and Guernsey’s of today.
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:50 pm

Remember this calf?
Silver Lake Remington a bull calf at 5months old.
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:56 pm

Image He's 6 mo old now and is a lover. Wants to be hugged and petted. We hope to keep him that way. Many believe a bull, especially Jerseys will become mean, can't be touched and cannot be kept on a family ranch.
The girls take him for walks and he calls to them when he sees them. Lovely animal!
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:30 pm

He is a handsome devil! He has that look to him that he is planning some thing!
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:03 pm

What a handsome guy! With those eyes he will be a lady killer.
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Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:09 pm

Immediately reminded me of this picture :D
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Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:35 am

He's getting bigger, this was taken about a month ago. Daughter has a cart she hooks him to.

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