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Belgian blue sires on Dairy cows

  • 21-05-2012 8:54pm
    #1
    Finno59
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭


    Just wondering what blue sires do dairy men use on here? if any, The ones that are easy calvin and pushed by progressive for dairy cows like Manitou DBZ, FTK or more beefy type like DEP RWS and so on. Have had just a handful of well muscled blues purple in colour down thru the years but dont know what sires they were. The rest have only been very average. Have 1 cow still to calf to AZL. I had high hopes until i read here that on another thread that his calves were plain enough too.
    What i'm asking is, is there a certain type of blue bull that crosses well with friesians (colour wise & muscle) or is it just pure hit and miss?
    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    farmerpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭farmerpaddy


    I heard EBC is crossed very well with FR and MO :p


  • #3
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    when it comes to useing a blue on dairy cows there are 4 things you need

    1) calving ease
    2) calving ease
    3) a white bull to give you blue and white calves
    4) calving ease

    why you would go risking a cow to chase another 30 or 40 euro from a calf is beyond me.

    SRI was a great one for spitting out calves. Still can be got if you ask nicely

    EDJ was great too but they often came black and white. didnt matter to us because we finished them

    VAP is still doing the business in that game too


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