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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Farm Favourites . .


BERRYS / BERRIES

From day dot the Berry Family has always stood out especially from a commercial side. Windy Ridge Goldbullion Berry has been a wonderful cow and currently at VG 87 (EX 92 DS),  I'm hoping I can get her to the next level.. Massive Fat kg and high PI's makes her a dream Dam to mate. Not only does she produced quality all round hiefers she is also a red carrier too which excited me more.

Introducing my favourite cow in our herd her daughter

Windy Ridge Ladino Berrie Red VG 87 (89 mam)

She is red and stylish to match! She has one Toystory daughter Windy Ridge Toystory Berrie Black and she will be as stylish and pretty as her mum. Berrie is fresh and looks fantastic hopefully the classifiers do too.She is a regular in our On Farm Team and has made top 10 most years.

Introducing 

Windy Ridge Artie Strawberrie Red
Born. May 2012

 
  
Berry's other daughters are

Windy Ridge Donante Berry
Born: 25.03.09

Incalf to Herd Bull this Spring. She has a Laurin Daughter aswell. 

Windy Ridge Classic Berry RC
Born: 19.04.10 
She is fresh and has a stylish Cricket daughter to match born March 12.

& Windy Ridge Million Berry
Born: 03.09.11


MILLIE'S

 Where do I start,  the Millies have always been strong cows in herd but fertlity has been tested at times. We lost Windy Ridge  Magley Millie last year after she cast  herself  2 wks before calving, so that was sad time for us. But we were lucky that she was able to produce 2 great offsprings, Windy Ridge Gilbert Millie G 84 1st Lac & Windy Ridge Ladino Millie , great milkiing hiefers and stylish to match.  One daughter inparticular has impressed in & out of the shed.

Introducing 


Windy Ridge Ladino Millie VG 86 2nd lac.


Millie has impressed us from a hiefer and after a little while.... we finally got her incalf.  Wow hadn't she'd grown as a 2nd calver and developed.  Her greatest achievement came last year where she won the NWS Branch OFC  4 year old class.  She took the judge's breath away, having already picked his top 10 cows didn't expect to see her. This was a big rap for us on how good she was or could be (especially if she halter broken). Due to her being so fresh and shedding a lot of weight from milking so hard she didn't come up to scratch for the final. Looking forward to getting her in calf an maybe flushing as she's currently empty. We love her to bits!!


CARRIE'S 

  The Carrie's are one of the few families of our own we can say that have 3 generations of VG in our herd. The Matriarch  of this family is an old Judge cow 767.  

Windy Ridge Judge Carrie VG 85 
 (just started her 11 lactation)  has only 2 offsprings but the one thats still remains in our herd is a special cow. 2283 

Windy Ridge Ledgenary Carrie VG 86
She is a high production, great PI and kg percentages.  She had 2 daughters in milk we lost one early last year,  they are quite fertile. She incalf to Semex's Seaver and due this Spring 12.

Windy Ridge  Informer Carrie G 83 1st lac (DEC)
She has a Cricket daughter and was due to calve to shottle last spring.before we lost her.

Windy Ridge Ladino Carrie VG 85
 She has a  a shottle daughter, Windy Ridge Shottle Carrie is due to be mated this spring 12.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

VESTA'S ...



WELLSTRAND GOLDWYN VESTA
born: 28.08.09 
Recently purchased Vesta at the Western Stars Sale II in Feb 12. We were looking for a family that we could make our own and be the start of something great at Windy Ridge. The Vesta'a are a cow family that are consistent genetically as well as productively. Goldwyn Vesta has back to back EX and the PI are high in this family. Looking forward to seeing Vesta grow and producing many great off spring at Windy Ridge.

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DAM: WELLSTRAND RAIMON VESTA 2ND EX 92 - 3E

2ND DAM: WELLSTRAND BLACKSTAR VESTA EX-5E 

3RD DAM: WELLSTRAND T.A.B VESTA VG 88

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INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE VESTA FAMILY AT WINDY RIDGE IS


WINDY RIDGE SID VESTA

BORN: 27.03.12