Birdsong Blossom's Daisy VG 87 (sold in 2014)
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:
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.
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:
- Harris, born September 6, 2009
- Irving, born September 8, 2010
- Jabez, born September 17, 2011
- Birdsong Shirley Rose GP 83, born September 24, 2012
- Lenny, born September 23, 2013
- 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.
