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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: HappyHippy on April 19, 2012, 09:00:42 am

Title: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: HappyHippy on April 19, 2012, 09:00:42 am

According to the latest copy of the OSB club newsletter - haven't checked myself but it's sounding promising  :thumbsup:

Bissettdown Alistair 11 R001469OS
The cost of AI is £20 + £8 P&P

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: oaklandspigs on April 19, 2012, 10:39:52 am

That's good news !

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: arl on April 19, 2012, 10:57:42 am

I have a bissetdown aexander and if the deerpark one throws offspring like mine they will be pretty good
Arl

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: HappyHippy on April 19, 2012, 12:56:21 pm

Quote from: arl on April 19, 2012, 10:57:42 am

I have a bissetdown aexander and if the deerpark one throws offspring like mine they will be pretty good
Arl

And that's even better news  ;D :thumbsup:

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: Tudful Tamworths on April 20, 2012, 12:18:41 am

I wish they'd get another Tamworth there. The (very reliable) Royal Standard they've had for years has had thousands of offspring and is in far too many herds now. Plus, he's about seven years old by now.
They did take on a Dreamboy, but he's been withdrawn now - because, I'm told, they had trouble collecting semen from him. Shame, as Dreamboy is our rarest bloodline.

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 20, 2012, 12:57:05 am

Great news, thanks for posting Karen  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: nelson on April 20, 2012, 04:07:50 pm

Great news for us in France about the "Alistair" bloodline as we have imported a "Jack" boar for our two OSB gilts.

We have used Deerpark semen successfully in the past and will continue to do so as they provide a good service to France for us. They  have  4 Berkshires bloodlines -we have used 3. My question is how do Society's? or BPA? etc influence Deerpark in their choice/replacement of boars?  Why 4 Berkshires and 1 Tamworth? and I believe 1 Saddleback on my last enquiry. Do they take notice of the BPA bloodline survey? Or how else do they decide? finance?

thanks

Title: Re: OSB semen now available from Deerpark
Post by: Berkshire Boy on April 23, 2012, 07:42:40 am

4 Berkshire bloodlines because they are the best breed, obvious really. :thumbsup: