The Lockerley Herd
was established in 1998 with the
arrangement to purchase a 10 cow
draft of "Nightingale"
cows and the entire "Burningfold"
herd of 60 breeding cows. We have
since retained our home bred females
and expanded the herd to 170 breeding
cows with many of the foundation
cows having moved on. We are now
enjoying great success with our
homebred females.
The "Burningfold"
herd had been established 25 years
earlier with purchases of cows from
the "Kirktonlees" and "Kinermony"
herds. The use of two successive "Haymount"
bulls, Wavalo and Evebar had made
a big impact on the herd.
Our initial stock
bull was "Nightingale Dalgleish"
sired by "Youngdale Hogan"
and he was joined by "Netherton
Eastern Cruz" sired by "Dalrene
Cruz" in 1999 and "Nightingale
Pascall" sired by "Eileenmere
Lad" in 2000. These bulls
have made a tremendous impact
on our herd.
Lockerley
Hall Farm have now achieved Elite
Heath Status for the Lockerley
Herd. We are CHeCS accredited
free from Johnes, Lepto, BVD and
IBR. Please see the news page
for more information.
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