Ayrshire cattle

Not the best photos but a couple of my J X Ayr waiting to cross the road this morning. Both 2007 born.
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Big_D

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G-Dam is full sister to Changue Back Up - a milky AI bull with Cattle Services , and 3rd Dam came from same flush as First Lord. The G-dam is also 3rd dam of C Highlander , a bull I was using , and he sold well.

That flush was the one you gave some of the embryos to the celandine syndicate? I looked out an old journal last night as I remembered John cochranes article on the celandines, which was what got me interested in the family
 

Cowmangav

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Ayrshire
Yes they bought one maiden for 3,000 at a Conference sale , and tried to get a daughter for each member of the syndicate . She didn't flush that well so I gave them a couple of eggs FOC ( because the original flush was 27 fertile embryos ! ). They got a heifer calf - which died :( and a bull - First Lord. Back Up's mother ( Cel 35th VG89 ) laid eggs like a duck too.
 

Big_D

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Location
S W Scotland
Yes they bought one maiden for 3,000 at a Conference sale , and tried to get a daughter for each member of the syndicate . She didn't flush that well so I gave them a couple of eggs FOC ( because the original flush was 27 fertile embryos ! ). They got a heifer calf - which died :( and a bull - First Lord. Back Up's mother ( Cel 35th VG89 ) laid eggs like a duck too.

Shame first Lord semen is no longer available!!
 

Cowmangav

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Ayrshire
I know - I have a First Lord sister to Stadium I hope to flush.
There's also still about 4 embryos - full siblings to him. I meant Robert Cunningham to put them in for me , because he was good at getting results , but sadly that wasn't to be. Last two or three years were never good enough to risk puting them in here - and too busy so far this year ! On my to do list now.
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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