Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
What's her breeding? Lovely animal, looks like she'll last!could do with another 10 like thisView attachment 926156View attachment 926157View attachment 926158View attachment 926159
British friesian bulls
- Thread starter Friesianfan
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She’s by Goonhilly Joseph, I’d have to look what her mother is, grandmother premier, her great grandmother by Quentin is still in herd due her seventh at moment, her dam was a rancher which did 7/8 lactations.
mixed farm
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Well I've seen calved heifers off another centurion son called firoda centurion and I thought that they were some of the nicest heifers, friesian or holstein, that I've ever seen.
organicguy
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- Location
- North East of the south west
I have 2 GTW daughters, a heifer and a 2nd calver. D.C is turning out to be one of the great friesian bulls with lots of his sons and grandsons doing really well. GTW has an unusual pedigree and if I can avoid DC lines I will use him again. His figures are starting to look very good.
Couple of goonhilly Camerons bought in from ic heifers from@Friesianfan look strong and neat and with the bonus red gene! View attachment 927282View attachment 927283
- Location
- South Molton
Just put a cracking 2nd calver by Solo, out of a Spooky cow, through the robot.
I forgot to take a picture
I forgot to take a picture
- Location
- somerset
unfortunately, my phone hasn't got a camera, but, if it did, i could have put a brilliant picture up, of some superb black and white fr hfrs, met morphing into a complete brown colour, grazing kale.
Friesianfan
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- Location
- Cornwall
organicguy
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- Location
- North East of the south west
Seb, wonder who bred him?
This time next year Rodney!
This time next year Rodney!
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
If you take his milk away from him just looks like an average bull to me. Maybe I’m missing something.
I'm not massively in to bulls and genetics so pretty useless at understanding the figures.
What would you say about his size and stature? I would like a smaller cow so would he help achieve this? Are there any bulls that will give a smaller stature with decent fertility, milk, bf and protein figures?
- Location
- South Molton
- Location
- somerset
but that is from the friesian base, it all depends on what yield, you expect/want from your cows. If you are bimbling along, at 6500 liters, a -ve milk isn't going to make much difference, 10,000 liters, probably disastrous. Then, if you have a dairy stock bull, with a guessitmated pli, he can throw brilliant calves. Luck of the draw, or, you can wait, and the hol breeders, will select, from their massive gene pool, the absolutely fantastic grazing holstien, that, grazes, doesn't need buffer feeding, nor a highly complex, and expensive diet, but does get i/c, and gives lots of high quality milk !
- Location
- South Molton
Don't want tall cows.
Want width and capacity.
Want milk.
Don't want negative chest width.
Don't want negative milk.
Have good legs and feet
Have longevity barreners sent yesterday, none under 10.
The right holstein can deliver as well as friesians but just like friesian you have to pick your bulls.
Want width and capacity.
Want milk.
Don't want negative chest width.
Don't want negative milk.
Have good legs and feet
Have longevity barreners sent yesterday, none under 10.
The right holstein can deliver as well as friesians but just like friesian you have to pick your bulls.
mixed farm
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- Location
- South Molton
I like wide shortish cows.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I would say they're both as important as eachother, you want width throughout the entire length of the cow imo
mixed farm
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I agree But let's just say that there are two almost perfect bulls and one is plus 1 on chest and rump width while the other is plus 2 on chest width but 0 on rump, which would you chose.?