Holstein as a Recip?

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heatherleblanc

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We use dairy cows to put our orphaned calves on, and we will run between 2-3 per cow.  We use both Jerseys and Holsteins.  Although Holsteins produce more milk, I prefer to use Jerseys, they have higher quality milk, they are quieter and more gentle and I find they take the calves a lot better.  I remember the one we had, we just stuck 3 calves in a stall in the barn with her and withing 15 minutes she was licking them and letting them suck. 

The holsteins are just big and mean :(

We find the calves are pretty good sized, for best results I'd say put one or two calves on each cow, so say one embryo and a bottle baby.
 
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