There are 25 heifers due to calve in January 2010 for sale in West Cornwall, last crop of calves from good herd that was sold in 2007. For more details ring 07971 415664 UPDATE I managed to get down to see these heifers in Cornwall and was impressed by a …
Hi Sue had a quick look through the stack of dry cow certs i have ammased in 8 yrs looking at cow families versus sire. Disadvantaged a bit by the fluctuation of seasonal demand and the constant turn over of selling 1st and 2nd calver to match supply and demand …
Guernsey Cross Breeding
For the last ten years or so there has been a register of Cross Bred female offspring of Guernsey cattle maintained by the EGCS, the old rules for Grading Up stated that a non-pedigree animal needed to be of “Guernsey type” to be accepted by the Society, two generations of Guernsey sired progeny were then required before the third generation ( at least 87.5%)
Please click on comments (1) at the bottom of the page to read more comments Hi Mike I read the NMR reports – after all I do pay for them! What is the best LT daily yield that you have achieved and how was the cow classified?
RIVERWOOD TILLER KHAN EGCS have semen available from Riverwood Tiller Khan now that he has become Proven, he has a balanced proof but excels for Udder Improvement and Butterfat Percentage increase. His daughters have been catching the eye this summer, none more so than Clay Hill Chrissie 4 who was Breed Champion at …
Please click on comments (1) at the bottom of the page to read more comments What is the range of LTY for your herd then, given that your particular fluctuating customer demand on Alderney does mean that you do sometimes have to alter your management of the herd. Hopefully …
L.T.DAILY YIELD Every cow has it’s LTY printed on the bottom of the lactation certificates from NMR and have doe for years. DO ANY OF YOU EVEN BOTHER TO READ THE INFO NMR send out, little point in paying for the service and not acting on the information . ❗ …
Please click on comments (1) at the bottom of the page to read more comments Hi Mike, I think that NMR are calculating Life Time Daily yields automatically but nobody has ever raised the question with me, unfortunately the CDI web pages only publish 305 day totals and so …
Please click on comments (1) at the bottom of the page to read more comments little point in dreaming up another meaningless award 50000 in 7 lacs or 12, which is better or the more likely, the most upto date method of recognising excellance has to be life time …
Please click on comments (1) at the bottom of the page to read more comments In 1997 there were probably 7000 recorded Guernseys as compared with approx 4500 recorded cows today. I have the 97 Herd book in the attic but don’t know if I am fit enough to …