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shropshire_blue

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British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« on: December 21, 2012, 06:49:06 pm »
I have a 12 month old BBx Jersey heifer for sale. On grass over summer with supplementary feed, and now in barn/yard for winter.


Answers to name of Wendy, and talks with a very posh voice!  :innocent:  Viewing welcome...


Reason for sale is that we need the room for the increasing number of sheep, so the cattle are going.


I'm near Market Drayton, North Shropshire.  Make me an offer or she's going for meat along with the steer after new year.


Thanks,
Neil - 07974 353754

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 06:53:47 pm »
My OH will kill me for this but.... How much?

shropshire_blue

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 06:57:42 pm »
Sbom, I'm afraid I have no idea what she's worth ::) . Dairy farmer next door guessed £700 without seeing her.


I can deliver in plain wrapping so your OH will never know  ;)

Sbom

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 07:13:51 pm »
Ta, but he's getting wise to me now and it's much harder to smuggle thing in unnoticed!
Bit out of our budget especially as I'm trying to convince him that zwartbles make great Christmas presents.
Hope she finds a nice home  :)

omnipeasant

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 10:05:41 pm »
I know exactly what a Jersey is , but what is a British blue?

shropshire_blue

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 10:31:41 pm »
As far as I know it's a less severeley muscled version of the belgian blue, which is a double muscled beef breed.

Belgian


British

The Belgian blue had been bred so muscly that they couldn't calve naturally and most calves were born by caesarian, Brits bred it back to a sensible level of muscling, regained natural calving ability and renamed it the British Blue.

In this case used as a beef sire on a Jersey dairy cow.
« Last Edit: December 21, 2012, 10:33:37 pm by shropshire_blue »

Rosemary

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2012, 09:08:16 am »
The BB x Jersey is VSS's preferred cross for a house cow and if Wendy is a nice, well handled girl, then she would be a good buy for someone  :santa:

morris

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 09:20:34 pm »
hey, just wondering if wendy is still for sale?

shropshire_blue

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 09:25:50 pm »
She certainly is!  She's booked in to the abattoir on Monday, so if you're interested give me a call asap!!


I'd far rather she went to someone as a house cow, as she's so cute!  She is pretty tame - definitely more smallholder cow than herd cow.  She's not halter trained, but today she followed me round the yard while I fed the sheep.  She'll run to a bucket, and even if I just yell "come on then cows".



My number is 07974 353754.

Rosemary

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2013, 09:57:36 am »
Someone please buy Wendy as a house cow  :eyelashes:

Possum

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2013, 10:45:32 pm »
I would love to, but OH thinks that it is a step too far.

woollyval

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2013, 12:14:10 am »
Will put her on facebook....come on folks this is much too good to eat.....if we had already  moved I'd have snapped her up
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woollyval

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2013, 02:25:57 pm »
£500 for a jersey x 12 month old heifer is more than her meat value.....12 month old beef is ok but she is worth more alive....£280 -300 is whats being paid down here at the moment for BB x

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shropshire_blue

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2013, 03:00:01 pm »
£500 for a jersey x 12 month old heifer is more than her meat value.....12 month old beef is ok but she is worth more alive....£280 -300 is whats being paid down here at the moment for BB x


So what do you think she's worth Val?  I'm a bit confused by your post...

woollyval

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Re: British Blue x Jersey Heifer for sale, Market Drayton
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2013, 03:45:20 pm »
Sorry Shropshire blue....it was a bit confusing eh!!! On prices it will very much depend on her shape etc. Some Jersey blue x look like hefty Jerseys!!!
I would think she is possibly about £300 tops....but that is uncertain.....it may be less in the market! You have to remember most bb crosses are not x Jersey, although a certain proportion are as a popular bull to use on a Jersey. Hope that helps a little?

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