British friesian bulls

[Friesianfan]

87.5%. Why?

 

[cattow]

What % friesian does a calf need to be before it's on a friesian base instead of Holstein?

87.5% is Friesian no less

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

87.5%. Why?

Just started registering a few calves as pedigree. Got a long way to go but it's a start.

 

[RPB]

What % friesian does a calf need to be before it's on a friesian base instead of Holstein?

87.5% is the cut off.

 

[RPB]

87.5% is the cut off.

Sorry I see @cattow and @Friesianfan beat me to it haha

 

[mixed farm]

Collycroft solo heifer.

 

[mixed farm]

 

[organicguy]

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Collycroft solo heifer.

I am a milking a few Solo heifers and really pleased with them such that I have used him again this time, and he,s an outcross!

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Will you still use premier @Friesianfan although his pli has dropped? Guess it's not good for you trying to sell high pli Bulls.

 

[Friesianfan]

Will you still use premier @Friesianfan although his pli has dropped? Guess it's not good for you trying to sell high pli Bulls.

Cancelled my conventional but still going to used 40 straws of sex d because I still think he's a good bull. Going to buy some blackisle glenfinnian instead

http://www.holstein-uk.org/animaldata/animal/factsheet/35742109.

 

[mixed farm]

I've used Glenfinnan , not to put you off but I was disappointed with his daughters. It was only 5 but none were milkers.

 

[Friesianfan]

I've used Glenfinnan , not to put you off but I was disappointed with his daughters. It was only 5 but none were milkers.

Oh. You have put me off!

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Cancelled my conventional but still going to used 40 straws of sex d because I still think he's a good bull. Going to buy some blackisle glenfinnian instead

http://www.holstein-uk.org/animaldata/animal/factsheet/35742109.

You going to try sexed on the cows again or heifers?

 

[mixed farm]

I've used a son of glenalbyn this year. Mountain glenalbyn7 I think is his full name.

 

[Gruff10]

Is anyone milking any Joseph daughters yet? Or too soon?

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

How does Josephs mother milk @Friesianfan ? Do you think his milk figures will come up a bit in time?

 

[William Mellor]

Here’s a collycroft solo heifer, calved 06/09 and back in calf to sexed kirkby Malvern for end of July.

Nearly all 1st services on cows are now to sexed Malvern and all heifers going to Malvern or Gabriel sexed this time @Friesianfan

 

[Friesianfan]

Is anyone milking any Joseph daughters yet? Or too soon?

Too soon. He won't have any milking daughters for another two years.

 

[Friesianfan]

How does Josephs mother milk @Friesianfan ? Do you think his milk figures will come up a bit in time?

The figures are based on the first three lactations I think. In my experience a slow starting heifer usually makes a long lasting cow.
His dam does about 7500 litres at good quality on my system and calves regularly which is exactly what I want.

If I didn't have the same families in my herd I would choose Joseph out of all the Chad sons. It's all about solids these days especially in our part of the world

 

[Friesianfan]

I've used Glenfinnan , not to put you off but I was disappointed with his daughters. It was only 5 but none were milkers.

How many are you milking? How many lactations have they done? I don't worry about low yielding heifers