BIRDSONG PRINCESS GRACE was born on Birdsong Farm on May 3, 2013, and I named her after Princess Grace of Monaco.
Grace's sire is BRIDON JAMAICA, and her dam is BIRDSONG PRINCESS SONJA VG 85. She is registered with Jersey Canada; please click on the Jersey Canada logo below to view her pedigree.
Grace is tested as A1/A2 for Beta Casein, and B/B for Kappa Casein. She is genotyped with the 150K SNP panel, and she has a GPA LPI of 890 with a DGV of 939 (Aug*17; 58% reliability); please click here to read her genotyping report. Grace is negative for JH1 and JH2 (Jersey Haplotype 1 & 2), and her inbreeding percentage is 4.91%.
Grace was classified as Good Plus 84 (2-4; 1st) in September 2015; please click here to view her classification report. She placed 3rd in the Junior Calf class at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in 2013, 1st in the Junior Yearling class in 2014, and 4th in the Junior 2-Year-Old class in 2015. She placed 3rd in the 3-Year-Old class at the North Okanagan Spring Show in 2016.
Grace had three bull calves, and their names and birth dates are:
Grace was the epitome of grace. She loved attention. I took her to the fair as a 4-month-old heifer, and for the five days that she was at the fair she would watch the children walking by and you could see that she was just longing for them to stop and pet her. Thankfully she was so cute that lots of children were more than happy to accommodate her.
As a young milking cow, she was always eager to enter the parlour and would wait right outside the door so that she could be the first one in. But she wouldn't go in until you'd at least given her a scratch. She had me wrapped around her off, and I would tell her "kiss, kiss" and she would touch noses with me and then march into the parlour.
Grace loved giving cuddles. She would rest her head on my shoulder and snuggle in as I wrapped my arms around her neck. So far she's been the only cow that has let me do that.
Even as a heifer calf, I said that I would never sell Grace and that she would eventually die on the farm. I had no idea that she would die so young though, and expected that she would live to a ripe old age and bless me with many daughters. Sadly, that was not to be.
When I stepped into the barn the day that she died, she had her head tucked back against her body, like cows do whenever they're not feeling well, and I could tell that she was very sick. I went up to her and started stroking her face and scratching around her ears and the top of her poll, and she perked up right away. Whenever I stopped petting her, she would nudge me with her nose to ask me to keep going. As I was saying goodbye to her for the last time, I could see that she was getting very tired and she tucked her head back against her body.
I know that I am going to miss her terribly.
Grace's sire is BRIDON JAMAICA, and her dam is BIRDSONG PRINCESS SONJA VG 85. She is registered with Jersey Canada; please click on the Jersey Canada logo below to view her pedigree.
Grace is tested as A1/A2 for Beta Casein, and B/B for Kappa Casein. She is genotyped with the 150K SNP panel, and she has a GPA LPI of 890 with a DGV of 939 (Aug*17; 58% reliability); please click here to read her genotyping report. Grace is negative for JH1 and JH2 (Jersey Haplotype 1 & 2), and her inbreeding percentage is 4.91%.
Grace was classified as Good Plus 84 (2-4; 1st) in September 2015; please click here to view her classification report. She placed 3rd in the Junior Calf class at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in 2013, 1st in the Junior Yearling class in 2014, and 4th in the Junior 2-Year-Old class in 2015. She placed 3rd in the 3-Year-Old class at the North Okanagan Spring Show in 2016.
Grace had three bull calves, and their names and birth dates are:
- Nike, born May 19, 2015
- Oliver, born July 31, 2016
- Porter, born November 29, 2017
Grace was the epitome of grace. She loved attention. I took her to the fair as a 4-month-old heifer, and for the five days that she was at the fair she would watch the children walking by and you could see that she was just longing for them to stop and pet her. Thankfully she was so cute that lots of children were more than happy to accommodate her.
As a young milking cow, she was always eager to enter the parlour and would wait right outside the door so that she could be the first one in. But she wouldn't go in until you'd at least given her a scratch. She had me wrapped around her off, and I would tell her "kiss, kiss" and she would touch noses with me and then march into the parlour.
Grace loved giving cuddles. She would rest her head on my shoulder and snuggle in as I wrapped my arms around her neck. So far she's been the only cow that has let me do that.
Even as a heifer calf, I said that I would never sell Grace and that she would eventually die on the farm. I had no idea that she would die so young though, and expected that she would live to a ripe old age and bless me with many daughters. Sadly, that was not to be.
When I stepped into the barn the day that she died, she had her head tucked back against her body, like cows do whenever they're not feeling well, and I could tell that she was very sick. I went up to her and started stroking her face and scratching around her ears and the top of her poll, and she perked up right away. Whenever I stopped petting her, she would nudge me with her nose to ask me to keep going. As I was saying goodbye to her for the last time, I could see that she was getting very tired and she tucked her head back against her body.
I know that I am going to miss her terribly.
