Martin Brødbæk
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Dec 31
Happy New Year
We from Bloksdal Charolais would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. 2021 was another year marked by Covid-19. Fortunately, everyday life with our animals is not affected by this. We managed to get to a show in 2021 where we exhibited five animals and all five participated in the honorary award competition. …
Dec 12
Opal has calved
The last calf of the year was a proper clipper. Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit) has calved this evening. The calf is a large strong and fresh bull calf after UtrilloMic (Senior x Ficelle) from Gaec Micaud. The calf weighed 64 kg at birth, must be named Bloksdal Swarovski and gets no. 412
Nov 29
Bailey has been slaughtered
The herd’s oldest cow, Bloksdal Bailey, 15 years old, has been sent to slaughter to day. She was on the father side after our former stockbull Vainqueur (Emir x Pascaline), which was a French imported bull we bought as a bullcalf by Elevage Clame Aubouard. On the mother side, she was after Bloksdal Unak -ET …
Nov 27
Sale of three breeding animals
Yesterday we got two cows and a calf from the haulier, which we have sold for further breeding. The first animal is a cow, Bloksdal Mercedes P (Uvejr Av Strömsnäs x Bloksdal Elana -ET). Mercedes’ father, Uvejr Av Strömsnäs, was in his time the best tested Danish / Swedish Charolais bull in relation to low …
Oct 25
Jelana has given birth to a calf
Today we have a got new calf. This time it was Bloksdal Jelana (Utrillo-BP x Bloksdal Elana -ET) who got calf. She gave birth to the 55 kg heifer calf herself. The father of the calf is the French bull Cristal-DK (Romeo x Tulipe) from Gaec Merlet. The calf will be number 410 and will …
Oct 13
Third polled calf in one month
High on the result of the show we attended this weekend, we completely forgot to tell that we also got a new calf.Kristina’s heifer, Bloksdal Pippi V.B. (Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Holly V.B.), gave birth to a bull calf on Saturday night. The calf is after the Swedish polled bull, VB Gustav. The …
Oct 10
Returned from a fantastic show in Aars.
The Kimbrerskuet 2021 was a great success for Bloksdal Charolais. We exhibited five catalog numbers. The first animal in the ring was Bloksdal Ronaldo P (Japon Sc x Bloksdal Miva). Ronaldo was in a team with three other good bulls, where he got good characterization from the French referee and got 23 points. The next …
Oct 04
New polled calf
Today we have another new polled heifer calf. This time the father was the French polled bull Japon Sc. The mother was Anders ’cow Bloksdal Miva (Bloksdal Juvel x Bloksdal Diva). Due to its high S-index of 123, Miva has been selected as a potential bull mother by the Danish Charolais Association. Among other things, …
Sep 29
Polled calf
Today we got another new Bloksdal member. Bloksdal Olana (Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Jelena) got a calf. Olana had calved herself when Karsten came out in the morning to feed. The calf is a polled heifer calf after Uvejr Av Strömsnäs and weighs 43 kg at birth. It will be no. 407 and …
Sep 19
Hoof trimming
Yesterday we had a visit from our hoof pruner, Fjellerad Klovbeskæring by Palle Christiansen. We have pruned several of the animals that we will bring to the Kimbrerskuet as well as a few others that were not pruned in the spring.
