Grand Dames Part 2
The second cow in this series is Nuthurst Princess 584, she is one of two Nuthurst cows in the Jan 09 Dairy Co top 1000 with more than eight calves.
Breeding News
Onwards and Upwards
There are 14 Guernsey heifers in the January 09 Dairy Co rankings that have a GMI of more than +350, they are sired by 9 different sires and the list is dominated by 6 daughters of Trotacre Jay Mr Luck in the Briddlesford herd.
Guernsey Bulls awaiting proofs
Young Guernsey Bulls awaiting proofs in the UK- Jan 09
There are 18 Young Guernsey Bulls with daughters born in the UK that are awaiting their first proofs, the number of daughters listed are registered with EGCS and most of these bulls will have additional daughters in herds on Guernsey Island.
Grand Dames
One of the strengths of the Guernsey Breed is the ability of some of the females to go on and on and on, seem to remember another famous Lady making some such statement.
Females with GMI of more than 350-January 2009
Females with GMI’s of more than 350 Jan 09
Click on the highlighted names to be taken direct to CDI pedigree details.
There are 118 Females with more than +350 GMI in the Jan 09 proofs released last week by Dairy Co.
They are in 28 different herds with the leading herds being:-
2009 Proven Bull update
Guernsey Proven Bulls January 2009
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Dairy Co released the January Proofs last week and there has been a change at the TOP of the UK rankings with Sniders Option Aaron moving above Tiresford Pedro but both bulls have well balanced proofs for Production and Type Improvement.
Future Stars ?
There are 30 heifers milking in their first lactation listed in the Dairy Co top 1000 cows with a PLI of more than £120, 9 of them on Guernsey Island and 21 on the mainland and the Isle of Wight. 18 of the mainland heifers have been Classified with 6 …
Great Grandma’s
Whilst working with the top 1000 cow list, I noticed several cows that had more than 8 calves but were still ranked in the top 10% of the UK Guernsey herd. These cows are the real money makers in the breed. Name Sire Lacts Age at Last Calving Milk kgs Fat …
The Current Top 1000 Cows
Dairy Co produce the list of top 1000 cows which is updated 3 times a year. The August 08 list contains a combination of cows from both Guernsey Island and England and Wales and is where the potential bull mothers are to be found. The full list can be accessed …
The One That Got Away!
Chiltern Vale Artic has just received a proof and is the first Guernsey bull to break through the +500 GMI barrier.
He is a Glacier son of Wardour RO Fawn 2 Ex 94,who has also regained top spot on GMI in the August proof run (+499), Fawn calved whilst still at Wardour in Dorset in 2001 during the FMD outbreak and was sold with a bunch of calved/in calf heifers to the newly established Chiltern Vale herd of Steven Medlicott’s who replaced his Black and Whites with a Guernsey herd and converted to an Organic system.