HIGH PROTEIN BRITISH FRIESIAN HEIFERS

Kilsunny Herd sells two pedigree British Friesian heifers at the Pure Friesian Showcase Seminar & Sale in Kilkenny Mart, Kilkenny on Wednesday, October 22nd. Sale 7pm. Lot 6 (black heifer) - 21 months old and scanned in calf, calving the first week of February. VG88 dam milked 8960 litres at 4.51% fat, 3.70% protein and 736 kgs milk solids in 305 days. VG88 dam due her 9th calf in November with a 366 day calving interval across 8 lactations to date. EX90 granddam milked 109,560 litres over 14 lactations and received an IHFA Diamond Award for protein production. VG88 dam averaging 3.68% protein per lactation, EX90 granddam averaged 3.75% protein per lactation, VG85 great granddam averaged 3.73% protein per lactation. This heifer sells with a combined total of 31 consecutive lactations of 3.60% protein or higher between her dam, granddam and great granddam. Lot 22 (well marked heifer) - 11 months old and ready to serve to the bull of your choice in 2026. THE HIGHEST EBI HEIFER IN THE ENTIRE SALE CATALOGUE VG87 dam milked 7149 litres at 4.03% fat, 3.72% protein and 554 kgs milk solids in 305 days. VG87 dam due her 5th calf in November with a 364 day calving interval across 4 lactations to date. VG89 granddam milked 82,449 litres over 11 lactations and received an IHFA Gold Award for protein production. VG87 dam averaging 3.62% protein per lactation, VG89 granddam averaging 3.84% protein per lactation. Kilsunny Friesians IHFA Master Breeder 2023, home to the 2024 All-Ireland Friesian Heifer in Milk Champion, named as one of the top 50 herds in Ireland on classification 2023 & 2024 and breeders of multiple bulls in Irish & International AI, most recently including FR8070. For all further queries, contact Edward on 0863559210 or Trevor on 0863916922.