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El Jefe
04-16-2012, 01:24 PM
My wife's cousin is a farmer (hobby), he is mainly a hay farmer, I help bail for him in the summers. Anyways, he is starting to get a collection of cattle, he is raising what he calls "dairy feeders". I have never heard this term before, and Google wasn't very much help either. I have raised all types of livestock, I have shown cattle in 4-H (fill in), but my cattle knowledge is extremely limited. I was just curious if anyone could educate me on cattle.

mikeyis4dcats.
04-16-2012, 01:26 PM
http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2009/12/cowstuck2.jpg

notorious
04-16-2012, 01:30 PM
Bale

WV
04-16-2012, 01:45 PM
Never heard the term Dairy Feeder. The only thing I can relate is that McDonalds and other fast food chains buy old milk cows for their beef. I'm not sure how you raise those though.

Setsuna
04-16-2012, 01:53 PM
Hog Farmer FTW. He mates w/ them.

seclark
04-16-2012, 01:55 PM
this help?
http://www.dairyfeedercalfclub.com/
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Fish
04-16-2012, 02:04 PM
The term "Feeder" refers to the growth stage of the calf. A feeder is generally a calf that is big enough to be considered ready to start on a high protein grain diet in anticipation of either slaughter or milk production. It basically means their frame is finally big enough to start doing grown up cow things, like produce milk or T-bones.

Before a calf becomes a feeder, it's considered a "Stocker". Stockers aren't big enough yet to send to the dairy farm or slaughter house, and need another year of grazing in the fields.

El Jefe
04-16-2012, 02:23 PM
The term "Feeder" refers to the growth stage of the calf. A feeder is generally a calf that is big enough to be considered ready to start on a high protein grain diet in anticipation of either slaughter or milk production. It basically means their frame is finally big enough to start doing grown up cow things, like produce milk or T-bones.

Before a calf becomes a feeder, it's considered a "Stocker". Stockers aren't big enough yet to send to the dairy farm or slaughter house, and need another year of grazing in the fields.

Interesting, thanks for that information. I actually went out and looked at these "feeders" and I had no idea why they were called that.

Fish
04-16-2012, 02:31 PM
FFA baby.... they teach you this shit...

http://www.usd483.net/pages/uploaded_images/FFA%20Logo.jpg

I was actually pretty big in livestock judging back in high school. Went to nationals my senior year. FFA gave me some pretty awesome high school memories...

WV
04-16-2012, 02:31 PM
The term "Feeder" refers to the growth stage of the calf. A feeder is generally a calf that is big enough to be considered ready to start on a high protein grain diet in anticipation of either slaughter or milk production. It basically means their frame is finally big enough to start doing grown up cow things, like produce milk or T-bones.

Before a calf becomes a feeder, it's considered a "Stocker". Stockers aren't big enough yet to send to the dairy farm or slaughter house, and need another year of grazing in the fields.

Interesting, I'd never heard the term associated with Dairy cows...only beef cows.

Fish
04-16-2012, 02:32 PM
Interesting, I'd never heard the term associated with Dairy cows...only beef cows.

Yeah, it's used with both dairy and slaughter in the same manner...

MOhillbilly
04-16-2012, 02:40 PM
Bottle fed? Bulls or heifers?

El Jefe
04-16-2012, 02:43 PM
Bottle fed? Bulls or heifers?

Not bottle fed, and these were bulls.

seclark
04-16-2012, 03:16 PM
FFA baby.... they teach you this shit...

http://www.usd483.net/pages/uploaded_images/FFA%20Logo.jpg

I was actually pretty big in livestock judging back in high school. Went to nationals my senior year. FFA gave me some pretty awesome high school memories...
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Fish
04-16-2012, 03:18 PM
.

I'm afraid I've never seen Napoleon Dynamite. I only made it through about 3 minutes of that shitty movie. Was there a good FFA joke in there or something?

Iowanian
04-16-2012, 03:19 PM
You're asking what a dairy feeder is?


Dairy cows have to calf(are they then de-calfinated or regular) every so often to keep their milk. They'll pull the bull calves off and sell them, people will bottle feed them, and then feed them out to be eaten....dairy feeders.

The Heifer calves are usually kept and raised to be the next generation of milk producers.

Typical Dairy cows are Jersey and Holsteins. They don't gain weight as quickly as other breeds and aren't known for being high quality meat.

We used to cross breed some with better breeds for cattle, because they milk well and were good mothers.

seclark
04-16-2012, 03:21 PM
I'm afraid I've never seen Napoleon Dynamite. I only made it through about 3 minutes of that shitty movie. Was there a good FFA joke in there or something?

i think he was doing a milk taste test and identified a cow that had gotten in a onion patch.
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MOhillbilly
04-16-2012, 03:26 PM
You're asking what a dairy feeder is?


Dairy cows have to calf(are they then de-calfinated or regular) every so often to keep their milk. They'll pull the bull calves off and sell them, people will bottle feed them, and then feed them out to be eaten....dairy feeders.

The Heifer calves are usually kept and raised to be the next generation of milk producers.

Typical Dairy cows are Jersey and Holsteins. They don't gain weight as quickly as other breeds and aren't known for being high quality meat.

We used to cross breed some with better breeds for cattle, because they milk well and were good mothers.
Milk fed dairy bulls are as high quality a meat as you can find.

Bwana
04-16-2012, 03:32 PM
Hmmm? I'll give you the 101. This is all you need to know, to start.

Cows:
http://sp.life123.com/bm.pix/how-to-milk-cow.s600x600.jpg

Bull:
http://randomesq.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BullBalls-300x199.jpg

Do NOT, try to milk the 2nd one.

notorious
04-16-2012, 03:40 PM
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