Holstein Bulls

[Clay52]

Brixton is probaly a bit narrow for @early riser but his proof seems like it will produce smaller than average cows anyway so his width will be in line with his stature.

+ for stature
Resonably big + for dairy form.
Big negative for chest width.

Not the ideal for longevity style of cows.

 

[early riser]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, a few possibilities to look into there

 

[kp_n_plghng]

Yeah. I don’t know.

I moved away from the Viking bulls after trying them for a while. The genomic proofs kept moving too much for me.

Interesting to hear, do you remember who you used? Think VH Brook is the first viking holstein i've seen ranked highly in the genomic proofs. The proven vikings seem to have fared well over here such as VH Grafit, Delta Atlantic etc. Time will tell I suppose.

 

[Clay52]

Interesting to hear, do you remember who you used? Think VH Brook is the first viking holstein i've seen ranked highly in the genomic proofs. The proven vikings seem to have fared well over here such as VH Grafit, Delta Atlantic etc. Time will tell I suppose.

I know VH miracle dropped a fair bit as well as a few others I looked at when I was using them.

Delta Atlantic was a CRV bull. May have been marketed by other companies in certain countries, I don’t know.

 

[coomoo]

A few promising Corinthian calves here, chest width.

 

[kp_n_plghng]

I know VH miracle dropped a fair bit as well as a few others I looked at when I was using them.

Delta Atlantic was a CRV bull. May have been marketed by other companies in certain countries, I don’t know.

Oh yes that's quite right Delta Atlantic is dutch born so not a viking bull. VH Grafit is just about the only viking bull I can think of worthy of note in the UK but he wasn't genomic anyway. These latest two are the only genomic bulls I have seen which rank highly. I'm hoping they work out OK, got quite a few in calf to Brook.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Had Viking on the phone the other day.
Brook been selling well by all accounts.

20 odd in calf to him here as well.

 

[More to life]

I'm milking a few Grafits I really like them although the are to tall really. I've used 4/5 Viking bulls so far the rest are lost in with the the heifers, the last one was Brook.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

What do you think of this bull? Any good for grazing?

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/?bulls=lars-acres-modest-trophy

 

[Clay52]

What do you think of this bull? Any good for grazing?

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/?bulls=lars-acres-modest-trophy

Yep. Like him

 

[coomoo]

What do you think of this bull? Any good for grazing?

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/?bulls=lars-acres-modest-trophy

See jabir is his sire, did you use him?

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

See jabir is his sire, did you use him?

Yeh heifers on the ground and still using him now.

 

[coomoo]

Yeh heifers on the ground and still using him now.

Any pics of heifers?

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Any pics of heifers?

Will try and get a couple of pictures for you.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Any pics of heifers?

@coomoo jabir in calf heifer. Her mother is British friesian so I don't think she will make a big cow just ideal size.

 

[coomoo]

@coomoo jabir in calf heifer. Her mother is British friesian so I don't think she will make a big cow just ideal size.

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Looking good

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Just looking through can have agronaut for £2 more than trophy how well do you think agronaut would work on British friesian types?

 

[dinderleat]

One way to find out, would of thought they would be some cracking heifers

 

[AndooMooMoo]

Just looking through can have agronaut for £2 more than trophy how well do you think agronaut would work on British friesian types?

I like your thinking, in theory it should leave a cracking animal

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Only a few months now till my argonauts start popping out now