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- Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Assessment of Duffryn Herd
- Replies: 9
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Re: Assessment of Duffryn Herd
Thanks for your reply Mark, clears it up a bit! Are the scores for the list of traits publicly listed somewhere? Or do we have to ask owners individually? I can see this being a benefit when looking for AI bulls to improve certain traits.
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Assessment of Duffryn Herd
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13537
Re: Assessment of Duffryn Herd
Fantastic news and Merlin looks fab for her age, I think we would all love to have a cow like that one day. I’m interested to know what you do with the results of your linear scoring, does it tend to pick up areas in the herd to work on (ie choose another bull to improve udders or feet) or do you us...
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Vaccinations
- Replies: 2
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Vaccinations
Having a think through our vaccination program for this year, and was interested to find out what other people tend to do. I know our vaccines will be slightly different out here in France, but for the moment we have our two in calf heifers vaccinated for BVD (Bovela vaccine out here) and plan to va...
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Hello from France
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12037
Re: Hello from France
Thank you all for your very warm welcome! We would love to come and visit a herd when we are next in the UK to try and learn as much as possible from your experience. Thank you so much for your kind offer Di, I will get back to you when I know our dates for the next time we are over. Will try and ge...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Hello from France
- Replies: 7
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Hello from France
As a couple of newcomers to the Dexter world, a big hello from Normandy We come from farming backgrounds and have two of Kate Pude's Nordens heifers to get us up and running, both now in calf to Elmgrove Millenium (one of the few straws we can get our hands on). Looking forward to networking from th...