New bloodlines!

At Kingston Farm there are now representatives of every Native Origin Cow Families left in existence. This herd is unique as these cattle cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.

The last 3 families acquired by us at Dunlouise are:

 

Miss Burgess

This is a relatively new family to Dunlouise and came to us courtesy of Richard Thomson from the Goldstone herd. The matriarch Miss Burgess 1198 was bred by Alexander Burgess, a blacksmith at Slack Ballindalloch, in 1861. One of her Grand daughters, Maid of Aven, was a prolific prize winner and features in the pedigrees of most of the families in existence today. We have one daughter by Dunlouise Commander Bond and several embryos to calve in the coming months. Our Miss Burgess is Goldstone Bonnie Maid F100.

Pride of Aberdeen

Although the foundation cow of this family, Pride of Aberdeen 581, was bred by William McCombie of Tillyfour in 1857, the family actually traces back through Charlotte 203, Lola Montes and Queen Mother 348 sired by the famous Panmure 51 to Queen of Ardovie 29, bred by W Fullerton, Ardestie in Angus. To quote William Joss, herdsman at Tillyfour, “Pride of Aberdeen 581was the nearest to perfection to an animal I have ever seen!” Our Pride of Aberdeen is Eversfield Pumpkin F378, and having collected embryos from her we hope to have several Dunlouise Prides of Aberdeen this year.

Nell of Aldbar

The Nells of Aldbar can be fairly accepted as the oldest family in the breed. The line can be traced back to the original black polled cattle which were at Aldbar Castle, near Brechin in Angus, in the middle of the 18th century. These were known as the Sheriff’s breed from the fact they were the favourites of Sheriff Patrick Chalmers, 1777 -1826. The Aldbar estate remained in the Chalmers family until the 1960s when the castle was demolished.

Budgehill Nena and her calf Dunlouise Nell

click for pedigree of Nena