Blue Albion Cattle breeders

topground

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Livestock Farmer

Location

North Somerset.

• Jan 3, 2020

• #1

Any Blue Albion, now known as Albion Cattle breeders on here?
Having trouble contacting them through the website. If so please pm me for a chat.
TIA.

 

Guiggs

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Location

Leicestershire

• Jan 4, 2020

• #2

@Old Tip, any ideas?

 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

• Jan 4, 2020

• #3

Ruth Dalton RBST Northern Area fields Lady is your contact - will PM her number

Also Colin Nankervis Cornwall

Also @NewlandFarm

 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

• Jan 4, 2020

• #4

All texted to you

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Jan 4, 2020

• #5

I will send you the email of the secretary

 

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JSmith

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Livestock Farmer

• Jan 4, 2020

• #6

Hijackin the thread a bit but I’ve seen them on telly an read about them in recent years, what’s the average weight of a cow? Make good sucklers I guess, easy managed low cost cow??

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Jan 4, 2020

• #7

They are a medium sized cow similar to an old fashioned British Friesian, could easily double suckle them

 

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JSmith

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Livestock Farmer

• Jan 5, 2020

• #8

Anyone crossing them yet or using a bull on heifers? I’ve been thinking about using one on some beef shorthorn heifers bet there easy calves thrifty little things aren’t they? I like doing daft things an am a bit old fashioned too?

 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

• Jan 5, 2020

• #9

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Jan 5, 2020

• #10

JSmith said:

Anyone crossing them yet or using a bull on heifers? I’ve been thinking about using one on some beef shorthorn heifers bet there easy calves thrifty little things aren’t they? I like doing daft things an am a bit old fashioned too?

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I think they would be an ideal cross on anything that lacks milk, love to see some limmy crosses

 

Av Gorritt

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Location

NE Ches / SE Lancs

• Jan 5, 2020

• #11

Used to be a chap in the Macclesfield area who kept Blue Albion cattle . Word was that they didn't breed true , reverting to their shorthorn ancestors . " 2 recessives ?" Don't know it they're still about , or whether that was true , I don't know .

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Jan 5, 2020

• #12

It depends what you call breed true but you will get 2 grey 1 black and 1 white out of every four calves statistically but then you will get grey calves out of white or black cows. No red or roan

 

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Thoupow

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Location

Dromore ,late nether alderley cheshire

• Apr 9, 2021

• #13

Av Gorritt said:

Used to be a chap in the Macclesfield area who kept Blue Albion cattle . Word was that they didn't breed true , reverting to their shorthorn ancestors . " 2 recessives ?" Don't know it they're still about , or whether that was true , I don't know .

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That would be Mr Geoff he shall,his father kept them in the 30s and Geoff had them till he died in 00 I think,they went almost white ,but he used to put cows to a long horn bull,to put some colour back in them ,but he had 3 blue alibon bulls

 

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Thoupow

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Location

Dromore ,late nether alderley cheshire

• May 10, 2021

• #14

JSmith said:

Anyone crossing them yet or using a bull on heifers? I’ve been thinking about using one on some beef shorthorn heifers bet there easy calves thrifty little things aren’t they? I like doing daft things an am a bit old fashioned too?

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A farmer who used to have a heard of them used to cross them with a long horn bull

 

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Thoupow

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Location

Dromore ,late nether alderley cheshire

• May 10, 2021

• #15

Av Gorritt said:

Used to be a chap in the Macclesfield area who kept Blue Albion cattle . Word was that they didn't breed true , reverting to their shorthorn ancestors . " 2 recessives ?" Don't know it they're still about , or whether that was true , I don't know .

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That sounds like Geoff he shall,it's true they didn't breed true ,they used to turn almost white or very dark

 

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Torbeckfarm

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Mixed Farmer

• Apr 18, 2022

• #16

Does anyone in the Macclesfield area still keep them I am in Macclesfield and looking to buy some

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Apr 18, 2022

• #17

There's a big herd in Cheshire around Knutsford, I can DM you her contact number

 

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JSmith

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Livestock Farmer

• Apr 18, 2022

• #18

Old Tip said:

There's a big herd in Cheshire around Knutsford, I can DM you her contact number

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When you say big herd?? How long have they had them, any body bred a bit more backend into them yet?

 

Old Tip

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Location

Cumbria

• Apr 23, 2022

• #19

JSmith said:

When you say big herd?? How long have they had them, any body bred a bit more backend into them yet?

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Why would you want to ?

 

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JSmith

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Livestock Farmer

• Apr 24, 2022

• #20

Old Tip said:

Why would you want to ?

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I know what you mean it’s just the ones I’ve seen on pictures look a bit too dairy on the backend, if they could breed them more along the beef side more people would probably have a few which I turn would help save the breed for the long term! I don’t mean turn them into Belgian blues, you have to retain the breed characteristics