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07-19-2016, 05:14 AM
Hello Sanhestar/Sabine
RE:Oxen Itch
One part I noted in the link you sent and I translated was the fact that like raising a good Pack Pack Goat prospect you need to get to them early. She Refers to getting them as Veal Calves. They get to nurse the colostrum out of their dam for about 2 days, until the dam goes into normal milk, then separated and feed some real milk but mostly milk replacer. Housed in a hut individually then sold off at a certain Age as Veal .
That is a normal practice here in the USA to handle unwanted Bull Dairy breed calves.
Some farms will keep them or take them to auction as Dairy Beef, but they all are not well handled/trained.
A very FEW will get to be 4-H Show Steers (Usually Pure bloods) But then Auction off at the end of the show and turned into steak.
The pair of Jersey caves I had yeas ago (Bought to raise for meat) would have been nice Oxen, Bottle Babies, etc
Norman and Heart Burn were their names.
Jerseys are a Smaller breed noted for a high butter fat/cream content in their milk, great for making cheese and "ICE CREAM" Although as Steers you don't milk them 
Baron Cows.jpg (Size: 25.01 KB / Downloads: 25)
Baron Von Black My Pure Black Arabine Stallion working Holsien Dairy Beef Stees
Have a good day
Happy Trails
hihobaron and the Troops in SC
RE:Oxen Itch
One part I noted in the link you sent and I translated was the fact that like raising a good Pack Pack Goat prospect you need to get to them early. She Refers to getting them as Veal Calves. They get to nurse the colostrum out of their dam for about 2 days, until the dam goes into normal milk, then separated and feed some real milk but mostly milk replacer. Housed in a hut individually then sold off at a certain Age as Veal .
That is a normal practice here in the USA to handle unwanted Bull Dairy breed calves.
Some farms will keep them or take them to auction as Dairy Beef, but they all are not well handled/trained.
A very FEW will get to be 4-H Show Steers (Usually Pure bloods) But then Auction off at the end of the show and turned into steak.
The pair of Jersey caves I had yeas ago (Bought to raise for meat) would have been nice Oxen, Bottle Babies, etc
Norman and Heart Burn were their names.
Jerseys are a Smaller breed noted for a high butter fat/cream content in their milk, great for making cheese and "ICE CREAM"
Although as Steers you don't milk them
Baron Cows.jpg (Size: 25.01 KB / Downloads: 25)
Baron Von Black My Pure Black Arabine Stallion working Holsien Dairy Beef Stees
Have a good day
Happy Trails
hihobaron and the Troops in SC