Comments for The Sandisfarne Herd http://sandersisleofman.com The herd of long-lived cows Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…. by Sue Sanders http://sandersisleofman.com/2011/10/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness/#comment-46 Sue Sanders Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:17:49 +0000 http://sandersisleofman.com/?p=128#comment-46 Fertility - currently services 1.5 to conception, 55% to first service which is good for us. They are all first or second calvers which might distort the figures, also a relatively small sample size as yet! Just had NMR end of year for them, heifers averaged 7,222 at 4.11bf and 3.44p - no cow figures yet! The BJurist cross Omans seem to be performing the best at the moment, 2nd calvers averaging 40 litres a day, fed about 8 kg of cake a day. We are pleased with their results and continuing the experiment, crunch time will start when we start milking the third crosses! Thanks very much for the compliments! Fertility – currently services 1.5 to conception, 55% to first service which is good for us. They are all first or second calvers which might distort the figures, also a relatively small sample size as yet!

Just had NMR end of year for them, heifers averaged 7,222 at 4.11bf and 3.44p – no cow figures yet!

The BJurist cross Omans seem to be performing the best at the moment, 2nd calvers averaging 40 litres a day, fed about 8 kg of cake a day.

We are pleased with their results and continuing the experiment, crunch time will start when we start milking the third crosses!

Thanks very much for the compliments!

]]> Comment on Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…. by Mark Birkett http://sandersisleofman.com/2011/10/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness/#comment-44 Mark Birkett Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:11:08 +0000 http://sandersisleofman.com/?p=128#comment-44 Have you found the fertility better for your Swedish Reds than your Holstiens and how have they compared on production? Great website by the way. Have you found the fertility better for your Swedish Reds than your Holstiens and how have they compared on production? Great website by the way.

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