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SHORTHORN
Dairy
STRICKLEY OAK BARRINGTON 22 EX94
When the cows went out in mid-February for a bite of grass, while the conditions were good enough to get them out, we knew that it wasn’t a real turn-out and that they would have to be coming back in for a few weeks until the grass properly grew, but they loved it all the same.
15-year-old Strickley Oak Barrington 22nd, has seen many spring turnouts, but she still gadded out to grass with all the excitement and vigour of a six-month-
old calf. She is one of those ghost cows, the sort who quietly gets on with life without any fuss or need for attention.
By the homebred bull Strickley Goldfinger, she calved her first on the 14th of August 2011 and calved her 13th on the 13th of September 2023. That’s right, she has only lost one month in thirteen calvings! And looking back, I have never lifted a foot on her, not for lameness nor a routine trim. She has never had mastitis or needed any fertility treatment or veterinary care apart from an absolute emergency in 2019 when another cow stood on her milk vein and caused a rupture, there was blood everywhere, but quick work from our vet saved her and she has never looked back since. Her
udder is still at hock level and her latest cell count was only 52. What an amazing cow she is! And this year she also tipped over the golden target of 100t. So far, she has given us over 106,000 litres of organic milk, from
a body weight of only 570kg. That is Dairy Shorthorn amazingness.
Strickley Oak Barrington 22nd has given us more than we could ever give her, cows like her rarely come along and I intend to enjoy the grass and sunshine with her again when springtime arrives once more.
New Members and Prefixes
Name Member Type Address Prefix
Patrick T McGinnis Ordinary GORTGARE
O Williams Ordinary TRENITHON
A Powell Ordinary MARTEGVIEW
W & Mrs H Griffiths Ordinary FENNI
Louise Phillips Ordinary PYRITE
Abigail Brotherridge Junior
Amelia Armstrong Junior
Colin Tiso Associate
George Strong Ordinary COATSYKE
Aaron Meeke Ordinary 27 Fedany Road, Dromara, Dromore, Co. Down, BT25 2EY FEDANY
Liam Banns Ordinary The Willows, Beccles Road, Nortwich, Norfolk, NR14 6RE LJB
Tony Hole Associate
Nigel Little Ordinary 130 Clogmagaddy Rd, Newton Butler, Enniskillen, LITTLESONS Co. Faermanagh, BT92 6HB
Andrew Langthorne Ordinary Crawford Grange, Brompton, Northallerton, DL6 2PD CRAWLANG
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