Jerseys also have a sweet personality.
But lately my eyes have been opened regarding the raising of cattle. Years ago we kept a few to grow out for meat. They seemed relatively trouble free. So a couple of months ago we thought we would buy a couple to grow for our own use.
Just this week we had another part Angus calf go bad, but thanks to one of the new high powered expensive antibiotics he's doing fine. The vet says he had a common infection that causes polio type symptoms in young cattle and depletes their reserves of thiamine.
I also can't believe all the feeds you can buy with the antibiotics and growth inhancers already added. We are getting to feel that it would be almost impossible to grow a beef to market weight without adding lots of artificial ingredients. This will be our last calf.
How about trying goats then?