Babies first smiles
Here some pictures of the newest calves:
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Golden Eagles at the Schrimpfengut
No, we don’t have those birds here (although since quite a few years kestrels have their nest in our barn). You might have noticed that this year we are expecting quite a few progenies of BFG Steinadler (the german name … Continue reading →
The old lady…
…doesn’t stand for a soccer club at our farm, naturally. It’s Pompadour’s nickname since quite some time now. The 15 year old cow had calf Nr. 14 in April with a calving interval of 363 days and an insemination index … Continue reading →
More homozygous polled cattle
First of all, all the best for everyone in 2015! A few days ago we got the results of the polled gentest from Bayer-daughter Jolene. To her name I can now add PP*. So genetics were kind to us: all … Continue reading →
Calving season finished
Song to the post: Jolene by Dolly Parton. We can look back at a succesful summer: All calves where born without problems and the little ones are doing well. We are quite happy with the “UK-progenies”: Banwy T-Rex son Jeremias … Continue reading →
So far, so good
You could say it has been a quite good year till now. All calves were born without any problems and all of them are promising. Elektra PP, daughter of Vito PP, got another Banwy T-Rex offspring. Jeremias Pp is a … Continue reading →
Homozygous polled bulls
We’re quite happy with the results of the genetic test for the polled gene: Both young bulls are homozygous polled. Gabalier PP* is already sold to a breeding farm, Halvar PP* (first Telstar calf at Schrimpfengut) will probably enter the … Continue reading →