Over the weekend we have had three cows and one large heifer examined. They all turned out to be with calf and only one is inseminated twice. Therefore, in the autumn we must have calves for the following French bulls: Japon Sc, Glasgow, Cristal-DK and Lorsini.

Kristina’s cow, Bloksdal Holly V.B. (Aros Hvirring x Bloksdal Smilla V.B.), got a set of twins this afternoon. She also did this at the last calving, March 1, 2019, where she received two heifer calves. This time, however, one of each sex.

Holly gave birth to the heifer calf herself, while the bull calf needed some help as it was born backwards. The heifer calf weighed 39 kg at birth and should be called Bloksdal Roberta (388) while the bull calf weighed 32 kg and should be called Bloksdal Robert (389).

The calves are after our rented stock bull Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. (Bourgogne x Une Fleur) and are both very fresh.

We closed the gate to the barn this weekend, so the animals no longer can go in and out. In the next months, they will all have to be in the barn. Shortly after the gate was closed we started moving around some of the animals, so they now go in the units we would like (cows with calf and cows without calf). We are still missing seven calves this season. Finally, the big cutting work started for our regular cattle mower, Kristina.

When “THANKS” is just a poor word and what a great way to start the year 2020. Last week we rounded 1500 “likes” on Facebook while wee a few weeks ago rounded 500 followers on Instagram.
We enjoy working with the animals and love to share both the ups and downs regarding these amazing white animals.
Thank you all so much.

Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. (Bourgogne x Une Fleur) has been picked up this evening. We have rented him out for a few months to Lars Thomsen, Frederikshavn.
Lars has a larger herd with Charolais and Galloway and was missing a bull fore a few months. This harmonized well compared to the fact that we had difficulty housing two large bulls in the upcoming time.
For a long time Linux has been one of the best bulls in Denmark in terms of various indexes – he is very positive for calving and milk, among many other things.
In the coming months we will therefore inseminate more of our female animals, while our other stock bull Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. (Vaillant x Anabelle) will inseminate the rest of the female animals.

Today we got this year’s first new calf. This time it was Bloksdal Mercedes P (Uvejr Av Strömsnäs x Bloksdal Elana -ET) who gave birth to a polled bull calf. The calf is after our stockbull bull Bloksdal Linux -ET (Bourgogne x Une Fleur) and weighed about 50 kg. The calf gets number 387 and is called Bloksdal Rolls Royce P.

Today we have had four animals pruned, which for one other reason needed it. Thanks to Fjellerad Klov Pruning at Palle Christiansen for good service and treatment.

Bloksdal Charolais would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the past year, which offered many good experiences. We all wish a happy New Year.

2020 is fast approaching. We here at Bloksdal would like to look back on the year 2019 and make a small report on this. This year we have attended three shows and received three honorary prize. The honors was awarded to Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle) and Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit).

The first honorary prize was awarded at the show in Hjørring in the month of June, when Mirabelle was awarded the prize for best Charolais animals with 24 points. The next show was at the beginning of July in Herning. Here it also went very well for the herd, best again for Mirabelle who got a total number 9 in the National Show 2019. Finally, there was the show called, Kimbrerskuet in the month of October where Opal received the honorary prize.

In addition to shows, we have sold a lot of animals for slaughter and for livelihood. We have sold 3 young bulls as well as one heifer for living, while we have slaughtered 14 different other animals.

This year we have had 15 calves on 13 calves, giving us 2 sets of twins. We still want to slim down our herd and therefore we have always animals for sale, which is why interested people and visitors are always welcome.

We would like to thank both buyers of meat and buyers of live animals, thanks you. Finally, we would like to thank all the guests and visitors we have had here at the farm, but also people we have met around on various shows and in other connections. We all wish you a Happy New Year.

Bloksdal Charolais by Fam. Vanggaard Brødbæk wishes everyone a Merry Christmas