Jersey Steers

[JRUSAN]

I have a two and a half month old Jersey steer, he is a bottle baby instead of eating him I’ve thought about using him as an OX, but was told that as a dairy breed he is not built to work. At the same time I have seen a video on youtube.What work can I train a single animal to do? Does anyone have pics of singles or a team of working jersey steers?
Thanks,
John

[Oxhill]

You can use him as an ox and still eat him if you want when the time comes. You can’t work him without a yoke but you can teach him to drive without one. So you can at least go that far with just an investment of your time. If nothing else break him to drive and learn from the experience. Many if not most oxen are dairy breeds. Jerseys are lightly built even for a dairy breed and some people feel they are not suitable for oxen because it is a disadvantage for heavy work. What kind of work do you want to do with him? If you want the biggest strongest ox anyone has ever seen then you defiantly better look elsewhere but if you are like the average person and just want a handy ox to work with then I think he will do just fine. A single ox can do most anything a team can do just slower because you need to make more trips with smaller loads. Often a single ox is handier than a team. I don’t have any pic of Jerseys but if you google “jersey oxen” and select images several come up.

[JRUSAN]

I am new at this, but I just want something to play around with, I’ve never owned cattle before and must say I shouldn’t of bought a single bottle calf for the first time and planned on eating him. The second mistake I made was naming him and he comes to his name… I have always been interested in draft animals doing some dog sledding in the winter so all I’m looking for is to see if I can hook him up to a sled in the winter and help me out with some farm chores, like pulling a sled for the daily feeding rounds, or a cart in the summer.
Thanks for the response!

[Oxhill]

For what you are describing he should be fine. Build a narrow stone boat and or cart for him and you will be able to take him places a big team can’t go. Him being a bottle calf is a positive because he will imprint on you better. It will be hard if he is your first but if you get your mind right about his future and keep it in perspective it will help a lot when the time comes. Maybe by then he will be doing well and be real handy to have and you can decide not to eat him for logical reasons and not emotional ones. Just remember he is a farm animal or a work animal with a purpose. Being your pet isn’t that purpose.

[Nat(wasIxy)]

jerseys may not be able to do heavy work (unless you had many more steers) but they have a great attitude – you’ll have fun, go for it!

[Oxhill]

Tim Harrigan’s videos would be good for you to watch. He is a member here and his videos do a great job of showing what a well trained and well outfitted single ox is capable of. Also his ox is a Dutch Belt which is a dairy breed and probably not much bigger than a jersey will get. His videos are on here or his youtube page.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TMHarrigan/videos

[Vicki]

Yes, go for it. Be consistent, firm, but positive. There have been many fine Jersey oxen. Abby Richmond had some with which she did lots of work and rode as well.

[JRUSAN]

She rode them! That is awesome, maybe I’ll try to break him to ride while I’m at it…I have what I call a natural fear of horses, but maybe steer riding is in my future 😉

[Baystatetom]

I had a team of jerseys I got for my kids because they were small and cute as calves and also the free price tag helped. I did give them away at age 2 because I wanted a team for logging I didn’t think they would ever be able to pull a log off a mature red oak, however I did find them to be the smartest most easy to train team I ever had. Anybody could drive them no matter how little experience they had. I would think if kept in good shape and trained to work they could do any job typically expected of them on a farm. Plowing may be the one exception you would either have to get a 8″ plow or only do a few lines a day with a bigger one. Sounds like a jersey steer will do well for you. And if you end up loving it as much as the rest of us you might upgrade to something bigger.
Best of luck,
~Tom

[Nat(wasIxy)]

jrusan – there’s lots of pics/clips of ridden cattle on my website – http://www.theoxfiles.com and if you do make it to the Saddle cattle Forum http://www.saddlecattle.com it’d be great to see you there! My jersey isn’t big enough for riding yet, but I think he’ll be super.

[allison]

Hello. my name is Allison and I have a jersey team I have been training for about 3 years. They are strong and capable of all kinds of jobs. My boys log, pull sled and carts. They have spread compost on the farm and harrow pastures. If you are interested in seeing my team visit my blog.
oxenbreisfryer.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

My buddy josh has a team of jerseys for firewood and they seem pretty tough, quick on their feet too.

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Jared

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