new calf

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Dear members of the cow-conf., please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Here at Nrsimha Ksetra in the Bavarian Forest/Germany we have 6 cows and 4

oxen, all quite old, I think the youngest cow is about 9 or 10 years old.

None of them ever had a calf (!!).

Since years the milk necessary on the project was bought from the

neighbouring farmer, which is of course a ridiculous situation...

Since things are getting quite good here now we think that we can take the

responsibility to have a new calf in the barn.

Now my questions are:

 

- there are two possible candidates among our cows, they are 9 and 11 (or

12). They both NEVER had a calf. Is their age and the fact that it would be

the first pregnancy a problem/risk? And if yes (which I guess), are there

some suggestions, what to do about?

 

- The race of these cows is "Deutsches Braunvieh". Is it possible to

crossbreed with smaller, more resistant races, or will something strange

come out then? Their is one nice German race which I have in mind, the name

is "Hinterwaelder". They are used to cold weather (which we have here) and

quite desease resistant. Actually I think the most important point is to

have a cow which gives milk for a very long time after having a calf (say at

least 2 1/2 years)Are there races known for that quality?

 

-last one for now: Is it very important at which time the calf comes?

Thank you very much for helping,

your servant

indriyesa dasa