Tonight we got a new family member. Martin’s cow Bloksdal MiLady (Vanggaard Daddy -ET x Bloksdal Unak -ET), has given birth to a calf. MiLady has previously won several honorary awards at various shows and has been selected by the Charolais Association as a potential bull mother. We had therefore followed their recommendations and used …
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Apr 26
First animal on grass
We have now got the first animals on grass. These three heifers have come to graze in a newly established fold on the farm.This coming weekend we will start taking more animals out. However, these must go down into the meadows around Ferslev.
Apr 21
Claw pruning
Tonight we have had a visit from our regular hoof trimmer, Fjellerad Hoof Trimmer by Palle Christiansen. All adult animals, except two highly pregnant cows, are now hoofed and ready to get on the meadow this coming weekend.
Feb 14
Breeding bull for sale
If you are missing a new breeding bull, continue reading this. Bloksdal Charolais has this bull calf for sale. Bloksdal Red Bull (400).Red Bull is from 19 / 12-20 after our current stockbull Bloksdal Matador -ET and Bloksdal Liqueur.Matador, is the son of show winners in France (Vaillant x Anabelle from @pierreyvessalle), while his mother …
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 …
