0
It would and it wouldn't. You could ruin the heifer by doing this, as dairy cattle always put more energy into producing milk than energy into keeping their weight up. When she's lactating, she will be putting all her resources into milk production, and feeding a low quality hay might just be the thing that could really pull her down.
I do know that if you feed a lower quality feed this will reduce milk production. But it also depends on the breed: if you didn't want to milk her, why did you get a Jersey in the first place? You should've purchased an Angus heifer or a Hereford heifer or any kind of heifer that is not a dairy heifer.
So this is a real catch 22 situation for you.
What else can I help you with?
Can a jersey heifer be bred a 8 months of age?
Nope, this is much too young for her to be bred. You should wait until she's 15 months old in order to breed her. You can breed her a couple months earlier, but ideally, for her reproductive health and ability to be able to breed back and produce another calf, it's best if she's bred at 15 months of age.
Can a longhorn bull breed his heifer calf when she is old enough?
yes but it would be like raping your daughter
What is the average weight of a longhorn heifer?
That all depends on the age of the heifer. The older the heifer, the heavier she'll be.
What is a long bred heifer?
A heifer is a female bovine that has not yet had its first calf. A long bred heifer is a heifer well along in the gestation period and due to calve shortly.
What is the name of a virgin female cow?
its a called a heifer
What is better a jersey heifer or a holstein heifer in terms of milk quantity?
Holstein if you're looking for quantity, Jersey if you're looking for quality in terms of milk butter fat.
Would a bull try breeding a bred heifer if her protein intake was suddenly increased?
No. What a heifer or any female eats as no effect on her reproductive cycling or her receptivity to the bull. A heifer that is bred is a heifer that is not nor will not come into heat for several months.
How much milk could a jersey heifer produce a day that comes from good genetics and is registered on only grass and has much timothy -grass clover -mix hay as she wants?
Heifers don't produce milk. Not until after they've had a calf. It doesn't matter how good her genetics are, whether she's registered or not, nor what you're feeding her, the bovine in her is telling you that unless she becomes a first-calf heifer and gives birth to her first calf, she will not produce milk.
Can a jersey heifer be bred a 8 months of age?
Nope, this is much too young for her to be bred. You should wait until she's 15 months old in order to breed her. You can breed her a couple months earlier, but ideally, for her reproductive health and ability to be able to breed back and produce another calf, it's best if she's bred at 15 months of age.
Are black angus heifers good at taking care of twin calves?
No. A heifer cannot nor will not produce enough milk to look after twins. You will need to bottle feed one of them to keep the heifer from going down too fast with the demands of her twins. You may have to bottle feed them both at first if they're both really hungry.
What do you call a heifer that is also a twin?
You could call it a heifer, or a twin heifer if the sibling is also a heifer, or a freemartin if the heifer's sib is a bull calf.
What is the feminine name of cattle?
Cow, first-calf heifer, bred heifer, heifer, heifer calf or spayed heifer. See the related question below.
Does bull gives milk?
A heifer does have to be bred and within weeks of giving birth, begin producing milk. It is rare, but I have seen a calf from a different dam begin to suckling a heifer six weeks before the heifer gave birth. And the heifer come into her milk. Not ideal, the heifer needed all her milk especially the colostrum for her own calf. The milk stealing calf had to be separated from the heifer.Answer 2:No. Heifers only produce milk when they are close to calving after they've been bred. However, there was one occaison when I seen a heifer producing milk when she was NOT bred, and was being suckled by another heifer of the same age. This in itself is very rare, as 99% of heifers that are not bred are not producing milk.
What is an open heifer?
An unpregnant heifer.
Can a longhorn bull breed his heifer calf when she is old enough?
yes but it would be like raping your daughter
What is a gender of a heifer?
The gender of a heifer is female.
What is a springing heifer?
A springing heifer is a heifer who is within a few weeks of delivering her first calf.
