They can be bought for £5 each up here
Actually I've seen a pen of 5 sold for £11 the lot
But yes, Jersey beef is very tasty
there 1-2 weeks old now and I would plan on sending them off December time so I guess it would still be classed as veal? I have a 2 acres paddock with shelter for them and I know they would need feeding 2 times a day till about 8 weeks on replacer is it worth it?
They'll need feeding at least three times a day until they're maybe 6 weeks old, then can manage on twice a day.
I rear calves and I keep them on milk - and cake as soon as they will - until 4
months. I know people do wean sooner but IME they really do take a lot longer to get away if they're weaned so young.
FYI, when BH used to buy in calves to rear on a bucket, he wouldn't buy any that weren't at least a month old. He said there was too high a chance of them not making it before that age. Now I buy them to put onto my Jersey cows, and we have found that we can get away with buying them a bit younger; days old when the Jersey has just calved, and a couple of weeks old later on in the lactation.
Just seen your next post. I'd say they won't be worth the cost of the milk, cake, hay and trouble you've put into them at 7 months, unless you can organise someone to buy them off you to take them forward either as rose veal or to slaughter weight. Wheelbirks (where I got my first Jersey and sokel his) slaughter for their own restaurant and shop at 18 months.