crossbreeding a jersey

Greengrass1

Been thinking forva while now of putting a high ebi fr into thr jerseys here.
16 here atm and only got 5 heifers ftom them over last two yrs.
Have 3 very good ones gave no less tgan 550kgs last yr.
Noe im thinking of using sexed fr on them.
Am I trying ti do too much with tightening up both calving seasons?
3 of my 7 empties are jerseys

Milked out

No harm to try crossing with a high ebi b & w bull gg, obviously pick one with high fert and solids and If u need it there are a few with good kgs of milk as well as the above. Unfortunately a lot are still based on genomic only so if that is less suitable for crossing I wouldn't be sure. On the sexed I'd only go on heifers and at the very start of the season in case they don't hold. U have crossbreed cows already do u?

stanflt

Milked out wrote: »

No harm to try crossing with a high ebi b & w bull gg, obviously pick one with high fert and solids and If u need it there are a few with good kgs of milk as well as the above. Unfortunately a lot are still based on genomic only so if that is less suitable for crossing I wouldn't be sure. On the sexed I'd only go on heifers and at the very start of the season in case they don't hold. U have crossbreed cows already do u?

Lwr would be a great choice!!!

Greengrass1

Milked out wrote: »

No harm to try crossing with a high ebi b & w bull gg, obviously pick one with high fert and solids and If u need it there are a few with good kgs of milk as well as the above. Unfortunately a lot are still based on genomic only so if that is less suitable for crossing I wouldn't be sure. On the sexed I'd only go on heifers and at the very start of the season in case they don't hold. U have crossbreed cows already do u?

Ye about half the herd crossbred rest is split between the jerseys and fr/ho.
Ye jeresys are not the best for fertility so I dunno if using sexed us wise. I have 9 heifers to serve aswell.
Father likes the jerseys so he's not to keen on breeding them to BW

Greengrass1

stanflt wrote: »

Lwr would be a great choice!!!

Was actually looking at him stan

blue5000

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Been thinking forva while now of putting a high ebi fr into thr jerseys here.
16 here atm and only got 5 heifers ftom them over last two yrs.
Have 3 very good ones gave no less tgan 550kgs last yr.
Noe im thinking of using sexed fr on them.
Am I trying ti do too much with tightening up both calving seasons?
3 of my 7 empties are jerseys

Use a charolais on them for a bit of size and power:pac::pac:

Nekarsulm

blue5000 wrote: »

Use a charolais on them for a bit of size and power:pac::pac:

Use Remington 1100, by Winchester Ranger?

:D:D

Greengrass1

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Use Remington 1100, by Winchester Ranger?

:D:D

Christ lads what about tge milk?

farm14

Any good jersey x friesan cows & your laughing all the way to the bank.

Milked out

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ye about half the herd crossbred rest is split between the jerseys and fr/ho.
Ye jeresys are not the best for fertility so I dunno if using sexed us wise. I have 9 heifers to serve aswell.
Father likes the jerseys so he's not to keen on breeding them to BW

With that mix in the herd you could compare away well enough using the milk recording/ scanning results the girls that work well for you on your farm be they crosses or purebreds. yeah you could meet halfway with the father maybe go half and half, important to have him on board in decisions when hes still involved and you can show him the merit of it with the crossbreds currently there. LWR's maternal side is pretty good anyways:)

bogman_bass

PCZ is an other good option for increasing production.