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by Lolivaise
Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Assessment of Duffryn Herd
Replies: 9
Views: 13537

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.
by Lolivaise
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...
by Lolivaise
Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Vaccinations
Replies: 2
Views: 6330

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...
by Lolivaise
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...
by Lolivaise
Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Hello from France
Replies: 7
Views: 12037

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...