Richaven News

31/01/11

ALL-BRITAIN NOMINATIONS

After such a good year in the showring, Richaven Holsteins were delighted to receive more All-Britain 2011 nominations than any other individual breeders with no less than 5 in 4 categories!

12/12/11

**Fresh on the ground**

We have just calved the fourth Windbrook heifer from six pregnancies from Richaven Goldwyn Adrienne EX-2nd calver!

Windbrook has just improved his figures in the last proof run and we are excited to see these very fancy calves develop out of the 2011 National All-Breeds Exhibitor Bred and Interbreed Champion!

08/08/2011

Richaven Holsteins are pleased to welcome the arrival of Crockers Rock Stocking Red V87, now owned in partnership with Paul and Mary Bradley (the Isle of Wight-based Crockers herd).

Bred from the famous Stocking family developed at Crichel, she was recently crowned Breed & Interbreed Champion at the New Forest & Hampshire Show 2011.

See this impressive heifer at the Dairy Event alongside the rest of the Richaven line-up including;

Richaven Goldwyn Irene VG88-2yr

Richaven Goldwyn Adrienne EX-2nd calver

Richaven OA Katie EX92

Richaven Raider Squaw EX95-3E, everyone's favourite!

Ayrshires;

Sandyford Anne 9 EX94-3E

Loukat Lucky VG88

02/08/2011

We recently had another ET session which went well;

Richaven Skychief Kay EX93 - 4 Goldwyn pregnancies due Feb 2012

Served to Sid - projected to 12,000kgs in her 3rd lactation

Richaven Goldwyn Adrienne EX90 - 6 Windbrook pregnancies due Dec 2011

Due in Feb to Sid - projected to 15,600kgs in her 2nd!

Richaven Raider Squaw EX95(3E) - 7 Sid pregnancies due Jan 2010

Due in March to Mammoth - projected to 11,500kgs

Further pregnancies;

Fever x Cannontown Bolivia Vixen

Windbrook x Clarkestown Jasper Bonnie 2

Goldsun x Clarkestown Durham Mahala EX92

08/06/2011

New pictures are in! Click on an image for more...

26/04/2011

The latest classification scores are in!

CLICK HERE for the full breakdown

Richaven Holsteins, a Master Breeder Herd

100% VG or EX

Richaven Goldwyn Irene VG88-2yr is possibly the most exciting heifer at Richaven yet.

Flushed recently to Windbrook, we have Embryos For Sale.

Goldwyn Irene's dam is Richaven Journalist Irene EX94-4th calf.

After a 3rd lactation of 11,253kgs @ 5.08%fat and 3.10%prot, she calved her 4th, a bull by Majestic (For Sale) in under 365 days



To flush in April/May;

Richaven Raider Squaw EX95-3E

Richaven Skychief Kay EX93-3rd calf

Clarkestown Durham Mahala 2EX92-3rd calf

To calve in April/May;

Richaven Astronomical Adrienne EX94-3E to Million

Bromstead Jed Adrienne EX91-2E to Squawbuck

Richaven HR Squaw EX92 to Latitude

Richaven Goldwyn Squaw - first Goldwyn daughter of our All Britain Raider Squaw. Already a Knowledge heifer on the ground, she has now calved her first natural heifer, by Sanchez.

Other interesting youngstock to calve very soon include a good Linjet Squaw and a Jasper Katie.

10/03/2011

Following on from his victory in the Intermediate Handlers Class at the All-Britain Calf Show 2010, Dan Bown has been asked to represent the UK in the International handling section at the Emerald Expo in Ireland at the end of April.

This is a great honour and we look forward to this great Irish showcase.

16/12/2010

Recent Records;

Clarkestown Durham Mahala VG89 has now calved twin Shottle heifers after completing her 305 day 2nd yield of 13,883kgs at 4.30%bf and 3.34%p (29CC) - Now milking over 60kgs a day before a month fresh!!

Richaven Goldwyn Adrienne VG88-2yr is another cow recording over 60kgs a day but she only calved her second in October and has maintained that output for five weeks. She looks set to surpass her impressive heifer yield;

305 days, 11,902kgs at 4.41%bf and 3.10%p (17CC)

12/12/2010

Latest updates

New pictures taken at the South West Dairy Show in October have just been added to the cow pages.

You can now find the latest picture of Heifer Champion Shottle Squaw VG88-2yr in the Squaw Family page, along with an impressive image of our 8th calver, Ketby Bud 85 EX95-5E who placed 2nd in the Mature Cow class

We are also proud to introduce one of our young Ayrshires. Richaven Nelson Jonquil VG88 contributed to our success at this year's show and you can see more details by visiting the Jonquil Family page in the Ayrshire section of the website

15/11/2010

Latest Classification - CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST NEWS

17/06/2010

100% Excellent or Very Good!!!

The Richaven herd had a special classification visit today ahead of the Open Day. Five heifers and ten cows were inspected and all went either VG or EX. This means that the entire Richaven herd of 80 head, including 17 milking heifers, are scored VG or EX.

Highlights included;

Heifers

Richaven Shottle Squaw VG88 two weeks fresh

Richaven Goldwyn DelliaVG87

Richaven Counselor Katie VG87

Cows

Richaven Astronomical Christina EX94-3E

Hemble Mark Tesk Katie EX93-6E

Richaven Journalist Irene EX92 3rd calf

Visit us on July 7th to view these awesome individuals

15/06/2010

We are busy putting footings in for two new buildings designed to house both stock and machinery.

A 60' x 30' foot shed located below the silage pits will hold the bigger kit and an 80' x 40' foot shed sited on the main yard will be split into two and provide workshop space and cattle handling and preparation facilities.

14/06/2010

Richaven Shottle Squaw, our NHS Reserve Junior Champion 2009 calved a Million heifer calf on June 3rd. We are really pleased with how they both look right now.

Our 95-point Ketby Bud 85 (by Jed) calved a Squawbuck heifer on the 9th June and is looking fantastic. To date, Bud has done over 92 tons in seven lactations and still looks great halving calved her eighth.

02/06/2010

The last week has seen both Mattador Squaw EX92-2E and Lee Dawn EX calve out. Mattador Squaw completed 54 tons in her first four lactations and Lee Dawn recorded 12,306kgs at 4.84%fat and 3.07%protein at 48 cell count in her third after gaining 8 days calving interval.

30/05/2010

First cut silage (93 acres) was finished on 28th May.

Maize drilling went well and we finished seeding 37 acres of our own on the 20th May as well as all our contract drilling. Seedlings were seen in our last field six days later and it looks promising.

We are now busy with our self-propelled forager on contract silaging plus round bale silage and big bale haylage for our expanding equine customer base.

21/05/2010

May Milk Recording

The herd averaged 34.2kgs at the last recording (twice a day milking) at 4.27%fat and 3.17%protein and a 133 cell count. This was only three days after their Bluetongue vaccinations but milk held up well.

Official herd average stands at 10,731kgs at 4.41%fat and 3.18%protein with a rolling cell count of 130

9/05/2010

West Midlands Herd Competition

The 2009 Herd Competition results were announced at the recent club stockjudging evening. Richaven took home five awards including;

Best Family - Squaw's

Champion Cow - Richaven Astronomical Christina EX92-2E

Dan Bown also took home the Junior Stockjudging Trophy!

22/02/10

Show Results

Richaven were delighted to win the Breeders Group at the first National All Breeds Show.

The team was headed up by Richaven Raider Squaw EX94-2E who was joined by Richaven OA Katie EX92 and Lee Katie. For full results please go to the 'Shows' section of the website.