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Birdsong Blossom's Daisy VG 87

Birdsong Blossom's Daisy VG 87   (sold in 2014)

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BIRDSONG BLOSSOM'S DAISY was born on Birdsong Farm on August 23, 2007. Daisy's sire is UNIQUE BELLE'S BAROMETER EX 91, and her dam is BIRDSONG SUMMER BLOSSOM. Daisy is registered as 50% pure with Jersey Canada; please click on the logo below to view her pedigree. If bred with a registered Jersey bull, Daisy's female offspring can be registered as 75% pure with Jersey Canada.

I've always milked Daisy by hand, and she gives between eight and twelve quarts of rich, creamy milk per day, going as high as sixteen quarts a day after she first calves or when she is on pasture. She is tested as type A2/A2 for Beta Casein and type B/B for Kappa Casein.

Daisy was genotyped with the
50K SNP panel, and she has a GLPI of 686 and a DGV of 651 (Apr*15; 45% reliability); please click here to view her genotyping report. Her results for JH1 (Jersey Haplotype 1) are 99%, or tested positive; her results for JH2 (Jersey Haplotype 2) are 1%, or tested negative.

Daisy was classified as VG 87 (5-1) in 2012; please click here to view her classification report.

To date, Daisy has given birth to five calves, and their names and birth dates are:
  1. Harris, born September 6, 2009
  2. Irving, born September 8, 2010
  3. Jabez, born September 17, 2011
  4. Birdsong Shirley Rose GP 83, born September 24, 2012
  5. Lenny, born September 23, 2013
  6. Marlow & Mallory, born October 5, 2014

Due to limited space in my barn, I had to sell Daisy in 2014, and on October 14th she left for her new farm in Nakusp, BC. Thank you to Anita Vibe and her family at Crooked Sky Farm for giving Daisy (and her calf Marlow) a good home!

Read Remembering Daisy, my December 2014 CowTales post with photos from Daisy's goodbye photo shoot and memories of her time on Birdsong Farm. 

Daisy as a calf. She became a really pretty cow! (2007)
Daisy's fourth calf, Shirley Rose. (2012)
Daisy's fifth calf, Lenny. (2013)
Daisy with her beautiful daisy wreaths created by the talented Janice Robillard at Crocus Floral Design in Enderby. (2014)
Daisy and Naomi (2014)
Daisy and Naomi. Daisy was pregnant with twins in this photo, but we didn't know that. (2014)
Marla and Marlow were the first twins born on Birdsong Farm! (2014)
Marla takes a rest on her brother Marlow's back. (2014)
Daisy loves children! Thanks to Anita Vibe for sharing her photo. (2014)
Daisy and her cute calf, Marlow, at Crooked Sky Farm in Nakusp. Thanks to Catherine Griffin McLean for sharing her photo. (2014)
Daisy is a friendly, quiet cow that is great with kids. I love this photo! (2014)
Daisy's calf, Marlow, makes a new friend. (2014)
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Naomi De Ruiter
PO Box 486
Falkland, BC.  Canada
V0E 1W0

milkmaid@naomisbirdsongfarm.ca
250-938-1606

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