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Due to a natural surplus we sold 12 heifers from Branchal at the Borderway Mart Carlisle on the 17th August.
They included daughters of Baxter, Tennyson, Spooky, Merchant and our own stock bull Annandale Keiser, with many of them fresh in the last three weeks and already giving well over 30kg per day. They are genuine heifers with great futures which we are sure will go away and do well for their new owners, and we thank all those who bought these heifers many of which we are pleased to say have bought from us at both the centerary sale and when we have sold since at H and H.
The 12 heifers averaged 1975 selling to a top of 2200gns for Branchal Baxter Pride 120 who had been 2nd place in the Senior Heifer in Milk class - for individual prices look at the stock for sale page.
- May 2011 update:-
2010 Averages- 149 cows average 9581 kg at 3.72% BF and 3.20 % Protein
Top yielding cow again was Branchal Lord Mervyn11 VG85 giving 14,756kgs at 3.50% BF 3.02% Pro
15 Branchal Lord Lily daughters averaged 10,627kgs
More to come - Classifier coming 13th May 2011
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- We had a successful trip to Carlisle on Wednesday 22nd November, our heifer
Branchal Homestead Dixie 242 was 1st prize heifer and then Champion, she made 2000gns
- Malc Dyson came to Branchal on 15th November to rescore fresh cows and first lactation animals. Of the 20 cows scored 7 were EX and 12 VG, with 19 heifers also classified with 1 VG85, 15 GP and 3 G.
Highlights include:-
Branchal Shaker Babette 517 VG85-2yrs
Branchal Lord PI Dixie 224 EX93-2E (see her picture below as a 2nd calver now 4th)
Branchal Sheringham Molly 79 EX92-2E
Branchal Lookout PI Dixie 218 EX91-2E
Branchal Babette 432 EX90-2E
Branchal Atlantis Jean 2 EX90
Branchal PI Dixie 201 EX90
Branchal PI Dixie 206 EX90
Branchal Babette 452 VG88
- We have now sent £356 to Cancer Research UK from the sale of last years History of Branchal booklet
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The classifier has again visited the herd in late May when we had 4 EX and 16 VG cows as well as 2 VG heifers and 20 GP heifers, particular highlights include:-
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| B Lord PI Dixie 224 |
3rd calver fresh since October, projected to over 12,500kg , still giving over 43kg per day, served to Samuelo and by Branchal Lord Lily
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EX92 |
| B Lord Katkin 64 |
Another 3rd calver, she calved late January and is giving over 53kg over a day, also a daughter of the herd sire Branchal Lord Lily who is served to Sanchez. 2nd generation EX.
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EX91 |
| B Babette 430 |
Milking in her 6th lactation Babette 430 is a daughter of Branchal Lava (a Delta Lava son). She is still on over 37kg per day at over 200 days calved |
EX91 |
| B Showman Babette 477 |
A 3rd calf ABS Showman daughter who is projected to over 11, 500kg and she calved in December 2009 |
EX90 |
| B Bolton Elusive 273 |
One of a number of great Sandy-Valley Bolton daughters at Branchal, she is a 35kg per day plus heifer already served to Scooby Duu |
VG86-2yrs |
| B Bolton Mystery 35 |
With a VG87 mammary this is a great uddered Bolton who calved her 1st in mid April and is giving over 38kg per day |
VG85-2yrs |
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BOLTON HEIFER WINS HOUSTON SHOW ON 5th JUNE
Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 won the Championship and was 1st Heifer in Milk also Branchal Lord Katkin was 1st Cow in Milk
Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 - Houston Show Champion 2010
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After a long hard winter we have finally got the cows out to grass and nearly finished the lambing. We last milk recorded on 1st May and were very pleased with the herd performance, 160 cows and heifers averaged 35.4kg with the highest yielding cow being Branchal Lord Katkin 64 who gave 62.4kg, the 13 Branchal Lord Lily daughters averaged 47.3kg at 164 days calved.
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It was our local show, Kilmacolm on 8th May where we had a successful day, Branchal Lord PI Dixie was Champion Holstein and Interbreed Champion, while Branchal Bolton Elusive 273 was Heifer Champion and Reserve Champion.
Branchal Lord PI Dixie 224 - Kilmacolm Interbreed Champion 2010
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We are looking forward to our next classification visit on 26th May and will update more then
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We have just had the annual statement back from CIS, our new Herd average is 8842kg at 3.88% fat and 3.30% protein(on 166 records).
We continue to be very impressed with daughters of our own bull, Branchal Lord, with four 2nd lactation Lord daughters averaging over 11,799kg.
Our highest yielding cow last year was also a Branchal Lord daughter,
Branchal Lord Mervyn 11 GP83 who gave 14,281kg at 3.65% fat and 2.95% protein in 305 days in her 2nd lactation.
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A History of Branchal, a 20 page book chronicling the farm, the herd and the family is now available. We are asking for modest donations towards the purchase of a book, with monies received going to Cancer Research UK. We hope you find this pictorial and editorial account of the last 100 years of Black & White breeding interesting.
HIGH BRANCHAL, BRIDGE OF WEIR, RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND, PA11 3SL
TELEPHONE- JAMES & MAUREEN TELFER ON 01505 872438
email- maureentelfer@btinternet.com |
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