NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S	DAYS
GLENBROOK SAMS CAIRO	5	6269	7.1	445	4.2	261	706	305
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	7187	5.8	420	4.0	286	706	305
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	7413	5.6	412	3.8	283	695	305
GLENBROOK SAMS CHIAN	5	6773	6.1	411	4.1	277	688	305
GLENBROOK CZAR COOL	6	6476	6.1	394	4.2	275	669	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CANI	5	6127	6.5	398	4.3	264	662	305
GLENBROOK CHAMPION CREAMY	9	5359	7.8	415	4.6	246	661	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO COOL	5	6361	5.9	376	4.2	265	640	305
GLENBROOK COSSACK CINE	5	5295	7.1	376	4.7	249	625	305
GLENBROOK CAESAR CLARITY	4	5316	7.3	386	4.5	238	624	305
GLENBROOK CAESAR CHILLI	4	5268	7.0	368	4.5	237	605	305
GLENBROOK CATS COLORADO	6	5170	7.2	373	4.5	230	603	305
GLENBROOK OCEAN CAMISOLE	12	5828	5.7	333	4.4	259	592	305
GLENBROOK ROLEX COLLAR	6	5212	6.8	352	4.6	237	589	305
GLENBROOK CZAR CLARISSA	5	5621	6.2	350	4.2	238	589	305
GLENBROOK CONAN CALIFORNIA	8	4798	7.6	363	4.6	223	586	305
GLENBROOK HEINO CREPE	8	5684	6.2	350	4.1	232	582	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CAIDY	5	4874	7.0	339	4.7	228	567	305
GLENBROOK FJORD CALCIA	5	5310	6.5	343	4.1	216	560	305
GLENBROOK SVED CINDERELLA	15	5152	6.6	342	4.2	215	557	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CHARO	3	5417	5.9	322	4.3	233	555	305
GLENBROOK CZAR CLOUD	5	4467	7.7	345	4.5	202	547	305
GLENBROOK CAESAR CALYPSO	3	5062	6.6	333	4.2	213	546	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CIARRA	3	5491	5.4	299	4.5	247	546	305
GLENBROOK CATS CHRISTMAS	6	4617	7.1	328	4.7	216	544	290
GLENBROOK PANS CELESTIAL	6	4630	6.9	319	4.8	222	541	305
GLENBROOK PASCO CELEBRIAN	4	4832	6.5	313	4.3	206	519	305
GLENBROOK CATS COCHIN	2	4612	6.8	312	4.2	192	504	305
GLENBROOK CRY CANDYFLOSS	4	3956	7.8	310	4.8	189	499	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CALI	3	4433	6.8	302	4.3	192	493	305
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CAM	3	4312	6.8	291	4.6	198	489	305
GLENBROOK CAESAR CORO	2	4768	6.0	288	4.1	195	483	293
GLENBROOK CRY CARDAMOM	2	4660	6.0	281	4.1	189	470	305
GLENBROOK PASCO CELEBES	2	4472	6.3	280	4.2	186	466	305
GLENBROOK CRY CHECHNYA	2	4535	5.8	265	4.1	185	450	305
GLENBROOK CATS CAMEROON	2	3179	6.2	198	4.1	131	329	305
GLENBROOK CLARION CABIN	2	2982	5.5	164	3.9	116	280	176
GLENBROOK CRY CADENCE	3	1715	7.0	123	4.6	81	204	161

Rest of Spring calvers 2007-08 season

27th June 2008

Been a while since I did this so a bit of catching up to do.

Glenbrook Sved Cinderella finished over 10,000 lb fat which is the 8th Jersey in NZ to do so. Her lifetime now is

Updated these pages

Highest records for current herd

GLENBROOK 2007-08 top records completed.

Top milk solids records for each age

GLENBROOK HERD AVERAGES

TOP PRODUCING COWS EACH YEAR AT GLENBROOK

Done some of HIGHEST FAT & PROTEIN RECORDS at GLENBROOK

Reduction sale April 2008

 

June herd test

Another very poor herd test, this time caused by a change in feed. the cows are still adjusting to feed changes and are currently producing at lowest levels for 8 years. There is only one way to go from here on in and now I have a feed supplier that I can control the ration and change it as I want to . This is a new development as before I have only been able to use what the companies sold. So its all a learning curve for me. But one that will bring great results in the future. Just very hard on cows now.

Almost every month has been bad this year for one reason or another but the future looks bright. This season was lowest herd average for last 5 years

at 561 kgs ms.

May herd test

 

21ST APRIL 2008

Had some more rain but not enough yet. Very poor herd test mainly due to the pellet company overdosing the cows with mag oxide. They went from 1.7 a cow to the lowest herd test in the last 7 years. All seem to have recovered now but it wasn't nice for the cows.

Sale catalogue is now online at Welcome to PGG Wrightson - Dairy Auctions .

April herd test

31st March

47mm rain this morning so hopefully the drought has broken but we need a follow up to this rain. Had 69mm this month same as last year and behind the 77mm recorded in 2006.

This article needs to read and read again for anyone interested in breeding of any sort. Copy and paste it and print off to reread. Its worth it.

Folks,

I agree that linebreeding is definitely not a high risk venture.

It's pretty darn hard to get an dangerously inbred animal using SIRE side linebreeding.

As I said yesterday when I needed an example, I used over 40 different Rosafe Citation R sons over a long period of time.
Citation R was a son of ABC Reflection Sovereign.

In one particular case, we started with a own Citation R daughter and bred her to a Citation R son.  The resulting calf was 50% Citation R...or the SAME AS an actual Citation R daughter.

We followed this with seven consecutive generations sired by own sons of Citation R.  So that for eight generations, the sire was a Citation R son.

Why did I do it?  It did it because I had the resources, and the capability, and no one could stop me.  I did it because I could.

To the unthinking, this may seem like extreme inbreeding...but it wasn't!

All along the 8 generations, the percent of genetics from Rosafe Citation R remained the same as an own daughter of Citation
R....exactly 50%.  If you doubt this, just draw it out on a blank pedigree form.

Most of those 8 generations scored high Very Good or Excellent.  They definitely did not deteriorate toward the end.  They got better every round.  And guess what?  They looked exactly like own daughters of Rosafe Citation R.

We linebred our herd for decades to bulls as near as I could get to ABC Reflection Sovereign. (ABC was the sire of Rosafe Citation R).

I suppose there is the possibility that my linebreeding wouldn't work without ABC Reflection Sovereign.  But he did exist and would have made any breeder look like a genius.  But if he hadn't, there would have been another.

Anyway, that linebreeding worked great.

I had a fabulous run, that produced over 100 homebred Excellent cows (with over 75 more bought in and developed).  This great run included homebred cows scored up to Ex-96, homebred winners at the National show (Waterloo and Madison), 30,000# and 40,000# producers, high priced consignments to National shows, and uncountable high-priced exports sold to most countries.  There was both fortune and glory.

During all this great run, I never paid more than a passing interest to progeny tests, or PD (predicted difference).  I did it MY way, ALL the way, and never once selected a sire based on milk production.  It was all done based on type.  I never thought about milk.  In fact, I felt pity for the people struggling to wrench milk out of ugly cows. When I was younger, I thought what they were doing was meaningless.

Yet we got great milk production.  Far better than any other big herd around Ohio at the time.  At one point it was over 24,000 rha on almost 300 herd.  We just kept our eyes on the ball, and tried to keep putting together pedigrees with ABC Reflection Sovereign in there as often as possible.

It would be very hard to convince me that linebreeding is a questionable practice.  I know it works.  I'm not talking theory.  I
lived my life immersed in it.  It worked great here and it works especially well in Canada.

To explain why I settled on ABC Reflection Sovereign to linebreed:

I was at the Chicago International as a small boy in the mid 1950s, and saw the Rosafe Farms easily dominate the best show cows in the world with ABC Reflection Sovereign's daughters.  They had 4 All-American Get's in those years, which included many individual All-Americans.

A few years later, when I was about 10 years old, I was along with my Dad, and the NOBA (Northern Ohio Breeding Organization) young sire committee, to try and buy an ABC Reflection Sovereign son from Rosafe Farms at Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

While there, I got up close and personal to the best cows in the world at that time.  Those "best cows in the world" were the ABC daughters: Kit, Kay, Mildred and many others.  Nettie, the dam of Citation R was there.

That trip failed to secure an ABC son for NOBA, but we did come home with a gnarled, misshapen bull calf from the best daughter of ABC, who was ABC Shamrock Mildred (All-American Aged Cow 1954).  He was the best we could get with not much money.

In those days, the world was wearing a path to Rosafe Farms.  A large percentage of the greatest Holstein breeders in the world, and many bull stud committees had already passed on this ugly little guy, but we bought him, mostly because he was a ugly calf from a great cow!  I argued strongly in his favor.  I felt he would sire show cows.

This gnarled and crippled misfit bull calf was Rosafe Caliban who was to be one of the greatest breeding bulls of all in NOBA territory. If you know your Shakespeare, then you can imagine this calf.  He was worse than ugly but he bred great and true.

I never doubted him a day in the 10+ years he lived at NOBA, and I would still be breeding to him if there was any semen left.

Only one time in my life did I ever go into the show ring, knowing for certain, that not a judge in the world, could turn down my cow for Grand Champion.  That time, I was leading a 4 yr old Caliban daughter, who was my elegant tall white cow, Owen Caliban Trena Ex-93.

Another (possibly illogical) factor in my selecting ABC to linebred was a heifer I had when I was 12 years old.  She and I came within a eyelash of winning the the National Show.  (Not 4-H...this was the open show, the big time!)  She was a homebred daughter of Rosafe Magacian, who was another ABC son and also an older full brother to Rosafe Citation R.

Later this same individual, my heifer, won in the big time (Waterloo, Chicago, and the Royal Winter Fair) as a two year old and was the anchor of Rosafe Magician's All-American get of sire in 1964.  I sold her to a wealthy breed patron for enough money to pay for four years of college and a new Oldsmobile.

My Excellent-96 Owen Marquis Wanda, winner at the World Dairy Expo at Madison, Wis, was by yet another ABC son, Romandale Reflection Marquis.

Anybody who ever visited Rosafe in the 1950's or Romandale a little later, or had some of my other ABC Reflection Sovereign experiences would never doubt the wisdom on linebreeding.
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Kindest regards,

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F. W. Owen
Owenlea Holsteins
9430 Spencer Road
Homerville, Ohio 44235
e-mail fwo@bright.net
home page http://www.bright.net/~fwo
voice & fax 330.625.2369
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Catalogue is all finished and should be out on time.
 

23rd March

Nearly finished calving with 1 to go. 3 sets of twins out of 33 in is amazing. Still no rain and therefore no grass. First 4 GLENBROOK COMMAND CHIEF daughters are in and look good considering the total lack of feed. Working on catalogue for sale on 29th April. If anyone from anywhere in the world wants a catalogue could you please send me an email at mailto:glenbrook@farmside.co.nz . It should be online about the 20th and I will post a link here once it is.

Caper won the two year old class at the Hawera Jersey Club Show this month. She also got Reserve Champion.

GLENBROOK COMMANDO CAPER EX2 [8-8]

Also old Cotton got 4th in the 10+ year old class as a rising 16 year old.

GLENBROOK COMET COTTON EX* [7-9] Photo at 15-5 years

HERD TEST

2nd March

Half Autumn calvers in already, was due to start 25th Feb. Half heifers in as well. Feb finished with 12mm rain but we did get 8mm today [ all of which came during milking last night ].  Started feeding some maize silage for the first time in my farming career last week. The cows are not so keen on it yet. Still waiting for Procow which was ordered 4th Feb but promised by next Wednesday. Had cows judged for SEMEX contest last week. Only 3 or 4 entries from Taranaki which is hopefully only down to the weather. Still at least Glenbrook should finish in the top 4 for Taranaki.

17TH FEB

Had 11mm rain so far this month which hasn't made the slightest difference yet. Last years Feb herd test was 2.02. This year 1.77 kg ms.

29th Jan

This is a very interesting web site with some history of the Jersey breed  JISEX - Development of the Jersey

Bull proofs for GLENBROOK bulls as at 19th Jan 2008.

BW for Bulls Click on an AB Code or Name for more information.   65872 GLENBROOK OCEAN COMMANDO BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 132/96 9.55 16.86 -202 -41.1 90 .8 0.52 319   300530 GLENBROOK FJORD CATAPULT BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 125/92 -1.50 24.75 -687 -47.1 436 3.3 0.56 133   664045 GLENBROOK BATTLE CRY BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 111/93 .95 16.98 -628 -31.2 359 7.2 0.69 157   65675 GLENBROOK WAPITI CONCORDE BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 97/92 -1.35 15.59 -310 -55.3 148 2.0 0.02 124   65507 GLENBROOK INDEX CONQUEROR BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 87/90 -3.12 8.75 -555 -44.6 240 3.2 0.10 80   65789 GLENBROOK DUNCAN CRACKER BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 85/91 2.97 6.85 -225 -53.1 -223 -1.4 0.17 107   65873 GLENBROOK TOUCH OF CLASS BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 69/90 7.52 11.43 86 -27.8 -66 -7.2 0.15 94   65674 GLENBROOK INDEX CHAMPION BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 68/90 -8.16 12.41 -763 -37.9 48 2.6 -0.26 85   65353 GLENBROOK SILVER COMET BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 57/89 -5.60 7.23 -551 -47.7 -103 -2.9 -0.13 80   65966 GLENBROOK SPEED CAMERA BW/REL Protein kgs Fat kgs Milk litres Lwt BV Total Long BV Fert BV SC BV No of dtrs 47/92 -6.33 .66 -308 -56.7 156 5.1 0.30 134

 

20th January 2008

Cows coming in for milking last night.

Lowest Jan herd test for several years. So far this month we had one day with rain, at least that was 35mm. From this herd test COOLEST produced the second highest ever fat from a two year old on test day and also maybe the first time a two year old has finished second in the herd. COTTON again was top cow for milk.

For anyone keeping up with the Herd Home saga hopefully I am getting the new grates tomorrow. This is the herd home with grates taken out and stacked in the paddock waiting for the truck.

7th January 2008

Added six generation pedigrees of my foundation cow and her 6th dam as well here at  Breeding "C" family

New year so far is dry after finishing with only 876mm rain in 2007 following 1328mm in 2006.

31st December

Just adding a few photos throughout the web site. These are two bulls that had limited use here.

GLENBROOK CAESAR 2 [ GLENBROOK FJORD CAESAR - GLENBROOK COMMANDO CORK EX ]

GLENBROOK COMMANDO COLBY [ GLENBROOK OCEAN COMMANDO - GLENBROOK CORDS CAPRI EX ]

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK SAMS CAIRO	5	20.0	7.9	1.58	5.0	1.00	2.58
GLENBROOK ROLEX CASHEW	10	22.6	7.2	1.62	4.2	0.95	2.57
GLENBROOK CRY COTTONSEED	8	22.6	6.9	1.56	4.4	0.99	2.55
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	23.5	6.0	1.41	4.3	1.00	2.41
GLENBROOK CRY CINNAMON	8	22.3	6.4	1.43	4.2	0.94	2.37
GLENBROOK CZAR CATCH	5	20.3	6.5	1.32	4.7	0.96	2.28
GLENBROOK CZAR CUSHION	6	17.9	7.8	1.38	5.0	0.88	2.26
GLENBROOK COMMANDO COOL	5	19.9	6.6	1.30	4.8	0.96	2.26
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	22.7	6.0	1.36	4.0	0.90	2.26
HERD AVERAGE		16.5	6.7	1.10	4.6	0.76	1.86

Highlight for me though was GLENBROOK COMET COTTON at 15 and a half years old topping the herd

for milk with 23.6 litres. Photo taken today.

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK CRY COTTONSEED	8	26.6	6.9	1.84	4.3	1.15	2.99
GLENBROOK ROLEX CASHEW	10	24.6	7.1	1.74	4.2	1.02	2.76
GLENBROOK PASCO CADBURY	4	27.0	6.0	1.61	4.2	1.13	2.74
GLENBROOK CZAR CUSHION	6	22.5	7.1	1.60	4.7	1.05	2.65
GLENBROOK CZAR CATCH	5	25.3	6.0	1.51	4.4	1.11	2.62
GLENBROOK CONAN CORVETTE	7	23.8	6.5	1.53	4.6	1.09	2.62
GLENBROOK CRY CINNAMON	8	25.2	6.0	1.51	4.1	1.03	2.54
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	24.8	6.0	1.47	4.2	1.04	2.51
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASA	5	25.8	5.8	1.49	4.0	1.01	2.50
GLENBROOK SAMS COOLEST	2	23.3	5.7	1.32	4.2	0.98	2.30
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CORFU	2	21.8	6.6	1.42	3.8	0.83	2.25
GLENBROOK SAMS COTTONBOLL	2	20.1	5.9	1.19	4.5	0.89	2.08
HERD av	69 cows	18.7	6.5	1.22	4.5	0.84	2.06

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK ROLEX CASHEW	10	24.2	8.0	1.93	3.9	0.94	2.87
GLENBROOK CONAN CORVETTE	7	25.6	6.4	1.62	4.7	1.20	2.82
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CUBA	10	26.1	6.7	1.73	3.8	1.00	2.73
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	26.3	5.8	1.52	4.4	1.14	2.66
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	26.2	6.1	1.59	4.0	1.05	2.64
GLENBROOK PASCO CADBURY	4	25.2	6.2	1.56	4.2	1.05	2.61
GLENBROOK SAMS CAIRO	5	21.1	7.3	1.54	4.8	1.01	2.55
GLENBROOK CZAR CUSHION	6	21.9	7.0	1.52	4.6	0.99	2.51
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASA	5	27.0	5.6	1.49	3.8	1.02	2.51
GLENBROOK CRY COTTONSEED	8	23.1	6.8	1.56	4.1	0.94	2.50
GLENBROOK CZAR CATCH	5	24.8	5.7	1.42	4.4	1.08	2.50
GLENBROOK SAMS COOLEST	2	26.1	5.5	1.42	4.0	1.05	2.47
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CORFU	2	22.2	5.8	1.28	4.1	0.90	2.18
HERD	69cows	19.2	6.4	1.23	4.4	0.85	2.08

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK CRY COTTONSEED	8	28.5	5.7	1.62	3.9	1.09	2.71
GLENBROOK CONAN CORVETTE	7	25.2	6.3	1.58	4.4	1.11	2.69
GLENBROOK ROLEX CASHEW	10	25.6	6.4	1.64	3.8	0.96	2.60
GLENBROOK CRY CINNAMON	8	26.3	5.5	1.45	3.8	0.99	2.44
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASA	5	25.2	5.9	1.49	3.7	0.91	2.40
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	24.5	5.8	1.41	3.8	0.92	2.33
GLENBROOK CRY CALIBRE	5	21.6	6.5	1.39	4.2	0.90	2.29
GLENBROOK PASCO CADBURY	4	24.1	5.7	1.38	3.8	0.91	2.29
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASE	6	28.3	4.3	1.20	3.8	1.08	2.28
GLENBROOK SAMS COOLEST	2	21.0	4.8	1.00	3.8	0.78	1.78

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK ROLEX CASHEW	10	24.5	6.5	1.58	3.8	0.94	2.52
GLENBROOK CZAR CUSHION	6	23.2	6.0	1.39	4.4	1.02	2.41
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	24.8	5.9	1.46	3.8	0.94	2.40
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASE	6	31.4	3.9	1.23	3.7	1.15	2.38
GLENBROOK CRY CINNAMON	8	27.6	4.9	1.34	3.7	1.01	2.35
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CASA	5	25.1	5.1	1.27	4.2	1.04	2.31
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	23.3	5.8	1.35	4.1	0.95	2.30
GLENBROOK SAMS CAIRO	5	18.3	8.0	1.46	4.5	0.82	2.28
GLENBROOK CLARION CAYLEE	3	22.9	6.3	1.43	3.7	0.85	2.28
GLENBROOK CZAR CATCH	5	26.2	4.5	1.18	4.0	1.02	2.22
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CUBA	10	26.2	4.9	1.27	3.6	0.95	2.22
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CORFU	2	18.8	5.4	1.02	3.5	0.66	1.68

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	21.4	5.7	1.22	4.1	0.87	2.09
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	22.3	5.6	1.24	3.7	0.83	2.07
GLENBROOK COMMANDO CANI	5	18.6	6.6	1.22	4.2	0.77	1.99
GLENBROOK CHAMPION CREAMY	9	15.9	7.6	1.21	4.5	0.72	1.93
GLENBROOK HEINO CREPE	8	17.5	6.7	1.17	4.3	0.74	1.91

 

NAME	AGE	MILK	%	FAT	%	PTN	M/S
GLENBROOK SAMS CHIAN	5	23.8	6.5	1.54	3.8	0.91	2.45
GLENBROOK COUNTESS CROWN	12	27.1	5.3	1.43	3.7	1.01	2.44
GLENBROOK LEMVIG CRUMPET	8	24.6	6.0	1.47	3.8	0.93	2.40
GLENBROOK SAMS CAIRO	5	20.1	7.6	1.52	4.2	0.83	2.35
GLENBROOK CZAR COOL	6	22.5	6.4	1.43	4.1	0.91	2.34
GLENBROOK ROLEX COLLAR	6	21.4	6.5	1.39	4.5	0.96	2.35