This afternoon we got an early Christmas present here on the farm. Anders ’cow Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle) from Elevage Sallé charolais got a calf. She had long been ready to calve, and yesterday the redemption came. She gave birth to a large, lovely heifer calf of 58 kg. The calf was very …
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Dec 08
Purchase of new Charolais semen
This weekend we had a visit from Arne Godthaab Hansen. We had a really nice day, with a lot of good talk about Charolais. In addition to cozy togetherness, we also bought a little different Charolais semen. We therefore plan in the coming season to use the following Charolais bulls, in addition to our folding …
Nov 21
Autumn update
The animals enjoy themselves on ryegrass. The majority of our herd continues to graze on the grass around the farm or at the neighbour. As the pictures show, it’s something they enjoy – which is reciprocated. It is great that the animals are closer and the possibility of daily contact is better. The animals that …
Nov 18
20 years as an active breeding herd at Dansk Kødkvæg
It is with pride that we this week have received a diploma as proof that we have once again been awarded the title of active breeding herd. In fact, we have been this for the last 20 years. Herd is qualified for this through strengthened and targeted breeding work within the Charolais breed. Data is …
Nov 12
Finally a heifer calf
Tonight we finally got a heifer calf. It was Bloksdal Olana (Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Jelana) who got her first calf. The 38 kg calf, which is a great-grandchild of the herd’s oldest animal Bloksdal Bailey (Vainqueur x Bloksdal Unak -ET), was born by Olana herself. Olana has participated in an animal show …
Nov 05
Ninth bull calf in a row
The calving is going fast at the moment. Today another calf came and once again, it was a bull calf. In fact, this calf is the ninth bull calf in a row. This time it was our big show heifer Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit) who got a calf. She gave birth to the …
Nov 04
Bright spots in everyday life
In an extra hard time for us and in particular the mink industry, there are still bright spots in everyday life. One of them came today. Here we got a bull calf in the middle of the Prime Minister’s press conference. Fortunately, Bloksdal Jelana (Utrillo-BP x Bloksdal Elana -ET) was able to give birth to …
Nov 01
The calving season has started
The best thing about this time of year is getting the animals home and when we start getting calves. We still have the animals walking outside – four of them in the meadow and otherwise the rest is distributed advantage between two pieces of ryegrass at home and with the neighbour.Some of the animals have …
Oct 10
Two bull calves sold
This week we have sold two bull calves.One is Bloksdal Pilou from October 9, 2019. He is after Cristal-Dk and Bloksdal Miva.He has an impressive annual weight of 715 kg and should have been with us for the Kimbrerskuet. Instead, he has come up to Ib Christensen in Sæby, where he will be part of …
Oct 03
Kimbrerskuet 2020
As you know, the Kimbrerskuet, like so much else, was canceled this year due to the ongoing pandemic (COVID-19). We had looked forward to going to show once again, and spend time together as a family and with good animals and friends. But quite understandably, this show was, as you know, also canceled. This year …
