what are the main characterstics seen in purchases of new heifer?

[duggal]

i want to start a dairy farm because the rate of high yeild cows are very high so i thought that why not purchases a good heifers because the rate of heifer is only 5000 to 8000 and secondly after one year they all made cow and give milk.So plese told me that what can i seen in good heifer( body, breed , couler, ears ) and how should i take high yeild from them? is every heifer can give great milk in future and how ? and the cows who give 20 to 40 kg milk...what are main characterstics in the as heifer why shoul not the all cows give that quantity of milk.

[kirti s]

Dear Sir

Heifer cows show the following
More chances to breed within a given time period
Shorter calving season
More uniform ages of calves at weaning
Simplified nutritional planning for increased conception
Greater reduction of time and labor needed for heat detection.

kirti

[cnsant]

Dear Sir,

The present rate of good crossbred cow is around 30-35,000/- depending upon the milk yield in their lactation (in this case the yield would be at least 4500-5000 litres ) which roughly means about 15 Litres per day on an average.

In purchasing heifers it is very important to know the mother as well as the sire whose Semen had been used for this impregnating the mother. Based on this we can roughly get an idea as to how much milk this Heifer will give. However please note that the milk yield will gradually increase from 1st to 4 th lactation & thereafter it will start decreasing.

The Milk yield as well as the growth of heifer will always depend upon the Feeding (balanced) as well as management which will also determine as to when it will be ready to give the first calf.
It is important to note that the heifer should be at least 250 Kgs weight before it can be inseminated with a good quality semen.

The cost of feeding & management will depend upon the various feed ingredients, fodder availability etc.

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Dr.Chandrakiran N.Sant
(Dairy Management Advisor)