Post by Lesli on Jul 31, 2010 12:54:35 GMT -5
Well, she could carry just a bit more over her back and short ribs, but honestly I agree with Anne she looks better than lots of cows I see on here that no one mentions. She just carries way too much in her barrel to be too undernourished. The weight of her barrel pulls her hide down over her ribs and bones a little tighter to in my opinion. Perhaps she is just built differently enough than a Holstein for some to gauge. But lots of Jersey's on the board are thinner than her. Seems like a lot of dairies keep cows that are built this way. I don't know if it comes from eating the silage, or it is pure genetics, but this is typical (Huge barrel) of a lot of the true dairy Jerseys, at least the ones around here. To me you can tell their health in the skin and coat condition, she looks very good in that respect, and if she is cycling, that is another thing that says her health is fairly good. Look at how many cows here look good but are not breeding back or cycling correctly.
Another thing you might consider is that this is the dog days of summer a lot of cows, esp. jerseys just are not eating as much because corn and hay make them HOTTER --warms them up even more. This is Texas and while it has been milder than up north ;D, the humidity has been murder! I would be doing the same thing if I did not have air conditioning I would not be so chubby, I would just be wasting away LOL yeah right!
Oh yeah, when I mentioned beet pulp to Dr. Deason he was not impressed with it and said it was just filler, could not fathom why I would want to give that instead of "real" feed. Did not think there was much nutrition in it. So? I personally liked feeding the cows beat pulp they did like it but they did not want it wet. But it is very expensive, the only stuff I could find was about $14 for a 40lb bag. That was years ago and we had about 5 head of cattle to feed then so it didn't go very far. And after the vet said that I had a hard time justifying it to Rich.
Lesli
Another thing you might consider is that this is the dog days of summer a lot of cows, esp. jerseys just are not eating as much because corn and hay make them HOTTER --warms them up even more. This is Texas and while it has been milder than up north ;D, the humidity has been murder! I would be doing the same thing if I did not have air conditioning I would not be so chubby, I would just be wasting away LOL yeah right!
Oh yeah, when I mentioned beet pulp to Dr. Deason he was not impressed with it and said it was just filler, could not fathom why I would want to give that instead of "real" feed. Did not think there was much nutrition in it. So? I personally liked feeding the cows beat pulp they did like it but they did not want it wet. But it is very expensive, the only stuff I could find was about $14 for a 40lb bag. That was years ago and we had about 5 head of cattle to feed then so it didn't go very far. And after the vet said that I had a hard time justifying it to Rich.
Lesli