Following on from the last post on this site , I have signed a contract with Cogent Breeding Ltd for a Morningview Legend pregnancy with Chloanne Goldwyn Gracious. She is safely in calf now for this contract and if the resulting calf is a bull , then hopefully he will go on to be tested by Cogent in the same way that Chloanne Gallagher was.
Chloanne Hanno Gracious has calved , she had a heifer calf on the 27/11/09 and the sire was Ensenda Taboo Planet , the calf therefore being called Chloanne Planet Gracious. Also , on the 09/12/09 , Chloanne Tulip Gracious calved , this time resulting in a heifer calf by Robthom moscow , so the calf has been named Chloanne Moscow Gracious.
Chloanne Dolman Ethel is nearly at the stage to breed again , and at the moment I am trying to choose a suitable sire , most probably sexed too , as I really do need more members of the amazing Ethel family .
Talking of the Ethel family , Frankham Sept Storm Ethel is the next Chloanne cow to calve and she is due 16/01/10 and the sire is Golden Oaks Alexander , a heifer calf would be the best possible start to the new year !
Chloanne Magna Gracious has been dried off , in readiness for calving down in early March , i know this is a bit early to be drying her off , but really she has worked so hard through her last lactation , that she has earned a good rest .
In 2 weeks time I am going to try to sell the embryo's that we flushed earlier in the year .
There is a sale at Wright Manley's down at Beeston Auction Mart , Cheshire on the 7th Jan , and it will be an interesting experience and really the first time that i have offered Chloanne genetics for sale , so fingers crossed that the breeding is the type of thing that other breeders will want in their herds.
Looking further ahead , it will be the annual herds competition results again soon , and i am keeping all fingers crossed that we can even do half as well as we did last year .
