justintime
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We flushed two Irish Kildysart females yesterday for an Aussie breeder. Both were flushed to Mandalong Super Flag, who was imported to Canada from Australia as a calf. To my knowledge, no Super Flag semen was ever used in Australia. One donor is sired by Deerpark Leader 13th ( Dividend) and she produced 28 grade 1 embryos. Her daughter by Deerpark Leader 20th, had a slight uterine infection so she will be flushed again to Super Flag. Following these flushes, both females will then be flushed to Four Point Major ( Massive Major). The Kildysarts in Ireland were referred to as the dams of the best breeding sires and I think these matings should make for some excellent offspring. The Super Flag semen used in these flushes was almost 40 years old, and the ET center said it was very high quality and probably better quality than some semen collected in recent years. Guess that proves that old semen can be excellent semen if it has been handled properly over the years.
Two other females are presently being flushed for some New Zealand breeders. They are being flushed to Saskvalley Pioneer 126P and Paintearth Rama, and then each flushed a second time to Saskvalley Primo 40P ( if I can beg, borrow or steal some semen from okotoks!)
We also have sold a Myrtle Bo female ( HC Myrtle Bo 50L) to a Scottish breeder and he plans on flushing her to several different sires. She will remain in Canada but all her embryos will be shipped over to Scotland. He flushed her the first tim to CCS Equity's Charmer. I sold some Charmer embryos to Britain from this cow a few years ago, and a heifer produced from these, was undefeated in Britain and sold at Perth for a record price of 10,000 pounds ( about $20,000 here). This same Scottish breeder also purchased all the embryos we had in inventory from B Good Red Sue 1P. There appears to be excellent interest in Shorthorn genetics from around the world right now.
Two other females are presently being flushed for some New Zealand breeders. They are being flushed to Saskvalley Pioneer 126P and Paintearth Rama, and then each flushed a second time to Saskvalley Primo 40P ( if I can beg, borrow or steal some semen from okotoks!)
We also have sold a Myrtle Bo female ( HC Myrtle Bo 50L) to a Scottish breeder and he plans on flushing her to several different sires. She will remain in Canada but all her embryos will be shipped over to Scotland. He flushed her the first tim to CCS Equity's Charmer. I sold some Charmer embryos to Britain from this cow a few years ago, and a heifer produced from these, was undefeated in Britain and sold at Perth for a record price of 10,000 pounds ( about $20,000 here). This same Scottish breeder also purchased all the embryos we had in inventory from B Good Red Sue 1P. There appears to be excellent interest in Shorthorn genetics from around the world right now.