Twinkle-Hill - News and Notes

August 2010

Brief results from the Wisconsin State Fair

Twinkle-Hill MS Agenda Tanzanite - 9th Winter Calf
CIE Twinkle-Hill Nack Twin - "participated" Fall Calf
Twinkle-Hill Zeus Pattie - 6th Spring Yearling
GeomiStar Supreme Tanita - 1st Sr. 2, Best Udder, All WI Sr. 2
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky - 2nd Jr. 3, Production Winner, Res. All WI Jr. 3
- She was also Res. All WI as a Jr. 2 in 2009
Crescent Twinkle Sweetie - 7th Sr. 3
Twinkle-Hill Dominate Dixie - 5th Aged Cow

August test results are in, and even with the scorching heat and humidity we had that whole week, the girls still milked really well! Here are the highlights:

Twinkle-Hill Dyn America ET E90 - 168 lbs (that is not a typo, yes, 168!)
GeomiStar Supreme Tanita V86 - 105 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust V85 - 98 lbs
Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 - 96 lbs (milking over a year!)
RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper +82 - 109 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V87 - 105 lbs
Just So Denver Jewels +82 - 98 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Supreme Dainty - 94 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Dominate Dixie 2E92 - 107 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Psurge Odyssey E90 - 94 lbs (also milking more than a year!)
Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Jenna V86 - 129 lbs

Summer 2010

Heifer calves, high April 2010 PPR cows, monthly milk tests, a young cow report, and classification results - click above on what you want to see or scroll down to see it all!
New heifer calves!
- 1/12/10 - Agenda x Geomi Star Supreme Tanita V86 x North Star Ace Tanzanite V87
- 1/30/10 - Motown x Top Acres Coll Fiesta +84 x Top Acres Emory Falicia x Jade
- 4/5/10 - Agenda x Twinkle-Hill Supreme Orbit +83 x Twinkle-Hill Psurge Odyssey E90
- 5/9/10 - Alloy x Twinkle-Hill Special Panda +82
- 6/2/10 - Alloy x Mill Wheel SW Denver Geena +84 x La Rainbow Fancy Girl 3E94
- 6/6/10 - Mojo x Twinkle-Hill Dynasty America E90 x Meadow Hill Coll Altra E90
- 6/6/10 - Power Surge x Twinkle-Hill Denver Amber x Twinkle-Hill Dynasty America E90
- 6/15/10 - Dynasty x Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Stargazer x Twinkle-Hill Legacy Stars V88
- 6/27/10 - Alloy x Geomi Star PSurge Trinity V87 x North Star Ace Tanzanite V87
- 7/9/10 - Boumatic x Twinkle-Hill Diablo Starbeam x Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust V85
April 2010 Genetic Evaluations - High PPR Cows
- Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 - No. 18 (our highest yet!)
- IE Twinkle-Hill Zenith Nicole V88 - No. 105
- Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V87 - No. 174
- Mill Wheel Pre Ferrari V85 - No. 174
- Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel 2E91 - No. 253
Lots of impressive milk tests this spring and summer so far!
- From July 2010
  - Twinkle-Hill Dyn America ET E90 - 135 lbs - just 30 days fresh!
  - Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust V85 - 114 lbs
  - RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper +82 - 109 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Atomic Dixiecup V85 - 107 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Dominate Opal 2E90 - 103 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Special Panda +84 - 103 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Denver Aleta V85 - 109 lbs (first lactation Denver x America)
  - Twinkle-Hill Legacy Delilah +81 - 96 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Supreme Dainty +81 - 94 lbs (needs to be rescored but was too fresh!)
  - Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V87 - 94 lbs
  - Just So Denver Sweetie +82 - 94 lbs
  - Twinkle Hill Alloy Velvet V85 - 94 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill PSurge Odyssey E90 - 92 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill All Olympia V86 - 92 lbs
- From May 2010
  - Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust V85 - 113 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 - 98 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Atomic Dixiecup V85 - 98 lbs
  - RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper +82 - 111 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V87 - 107 lbs
  - Just So Denver Sweetie +82 - 94 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Special Panda - +84 - 98 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Dominate Opal 2E90 - 105 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill All Olympia V86 - 94 lbs
- From April 2010
  - Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust V85 - 103 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 - 98 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Avenger Jen +83 - 94 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Zeus Tippycanoe V89 - 100 lbs
  - RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper +82 - 103 lbs
  - Just So Denver Sweetie +82 - 92 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Psurge Starbit V87 - 92 lbs
  - IE Twinkle-Hill Opie Cora - 96 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Denver Aleta V85 - 96 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill Dominate Opal 2E90 - 96 lbs
  - CIE Twinkle-Hill Zenith Nicole V88 - 109 lbs
  - Twinkle-Hill PSurge Odyssey E90 - 96 lbs
  - Front Line PomPoms Olivia 2E92 - 94 lbs
We are currently milking five (5) Old Mill WDE Supreme daughters (one is 2nd lactation). All of them have super udders and milk enough for us!
- Laurie also classified a handful of Supreme daughters in Colorado, and the report is the same there - outstanding udders in the group!

Classification Results from June 2010
We classified in June. Lots of the cows were dry, but we did have some nice two year olds. Nothing below GP, and 5 VG 2 year olds out of 10 scored. (2 yr. olds denoted by an *)

	SS	DQ	RP	MO	US	FS
RF Twinkle-Hill Justine	92	90	87	83	85	87
Twinkle-Hill Dominate Opal	91	93	90	90	88	90
Twinkle-Hill Pront Starlust	87	85	85	83	86	85
Twinkle-Hill Atom Dixiecup	85	92	84	84	83	85
Twinkle-Hill Special Panda	85	91	87	80	83	84
Twinkle-Hill Avenger Jen	85	84	86	84	83	84
Twinkle-Hill Welcome Starry	90	85	84	88	77	83
Kulp Wink Zeus Tippycanoe	91	86	88	86	90	89
RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper	81	92	85	82	77	82
Crescent Twinkle Sweetie	87	88	87	86	89	88
IE Twinkle-Hill Zen Nicole	89	91	90	82	86	87
Twinkle-Hill Denver Platinum	82	82	84	74	83	81
Just So Denver Sweetie	81	91	60	83	83	82
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky	85	90	82	88	87	87
Mill-Wheel SW Denv Geena	90	80	91	85	82	84
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Starbust*	84	83	86	84	85	84
Twinkle-Hill Alloy Velvet*	80	83	81	84	88	85
Twinkle-Hill Denver Aleta*	83	85	85	84	86	85
Twinkle-Hill Denv Alyssa*	83	85	80	87	87	85
IE Twinkle-Hill Opie Cora*	84	88	88	87	85	86
Twinkle-Hill Supreme Orbit Twin*	75	83	77	86	85	83
Twinkle-Hill Supreme Oasis Twin*	77	83	80	81	82	81
Geomi Star Kegger Tipsy*	88	91	87	83	74	82
Geomi Star Supreme Tanita*	86	84	83	85	88	86
Geomi Star Turmoil Twinkle*	83	82	84	78	82	82

January 2010

Exciting proof day!

Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Alloy is now the #1 Milk bull for the breed!
- +1665M +38F +41P
- Also, still great on Type +0.7 (with the base change) - Alloy is siring daughters with high, wide rear udders AND they are super tall and super dairy!
- This is our homebred pair of Alloys from our bull - we like 'em!
Dam and daughter on the PPR list!
- Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 jumped to #22 on the PPR list
- Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V85 debuted at #85 on the PPR list

Front Line PomPoms Olivia 2E92 *Cert-SBC* calved at 10/01 on January 10th with a Supreme heifer calf!
January test results

Twinkle-Hill Dyn America - 98 lbs
Twinkle-Hill PSurge Odyssey - 119 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Domnte Odessa -116 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Dominate Opal - 94 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Jenna - 105 lbs
IE Twinkle-Hill Zen Nicole - 107 lbs
Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie - 107 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Welcome Starry - 107 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Atomic Didi - 98 lbs
Kulp-Wink Zeus Tippycanoe - 96 lbs
CIE Twinkle-Hill Leg Nicola - 96 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Pronto Starlust - 94 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Jemstone Dinah - 101 lbs

New Alloy daughter picture

Twinkle-Hill Alloy Velvet - calved in September with a Pollyden heifer

November 2009

New arrival from Kulp Wink Zeus Tippycanoe V87 (pictured below)

A Dynasty heifer calf arrived on Sunday 11/08/09

Flushing Results from 11/9/09
- 7 #1's and 5 #2's by Barmettler Ace Agio from Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie
  - We put in 4 of the #2's and froze the rest (available for export)
Visitors from Switzerland
- Dan Gilbert and our friends from Switzerland stopped in to see our Alloy daughters and had many positive comments. Thanks for stopping by!
New pictures coming!
- We'll be doing some picturing of our latest Alloy daughter, Twinkle-Hill Alloy Velvet, in late November, come back to see in December!

October 2009

10/16/09 Test Day Results - as you can see the girls are milking well!
- Twinkle-Hill Dyn America - 141 lbs!
- Twinkle-Hill PSurge Odyssey - 113 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Domnte Odessa - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Jenna - 98 lbs
- IE Twinkle-Hill Zen Nicole - 109 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel - 101 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie - 120 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Welcome Starry - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Atomic Didi - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky - 94 lbs
- Geomistar Psurg Trinity - 96 lbs
- CIE Twinkle-Hill Leg Nicola - 94 lbs
Check out the Show Results from World Dairy Expo - we had some nice animals that did just fine!
During World Dairy Expo we had visitors from Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy - it was great having the international visitors at the farm to see the cows!
We just got news that Twinkle-Hill Den Welcome (Denver x Altra) is making the sire line-up at ABC Genetics after the August 2009 proof run.
Speaking of bulls, we just had another Alloy daughter freshen from the Even Victoria family. Her udder looks fantastic AND she had a heifer by Pollyden.

September 2009

9/7/09 Test Day Results:
- Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel 2E91 - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Vincent Domino V87 - 103 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90 - 118 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Dyn Starbrite V88- 105 lbs
- CIE Twinkle-Hill Leg Nicola V86- 96 lbs (daughter of #96 PPR cow, Twinkle-Hill Zenith Nicole V88)
- Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Startle V88 - 98 lbs
- RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper V85 - 96 lbs
- Crescent Twinkle Sweetie V85 - 92 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky V85 - 92 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill EvnSpl Panda V87 - 94 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Dominate Odessa 2E91 - 109 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Jamaica Darby V87 - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill PSurg Odyssey E90 - 103 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Jenna V86 - 98 lbs
- Twinkle-Hill Dynasty America E90 - 128 lbs

Fall 2009

Look for our showstring in the corner of Barn 1 at World Dairy Expo! We'll have a nice group of cows and a couple heifers at the show.
August Bull Proofs brought the release of our first proven bull! Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Alloy is available through New Generation Genetics.

Alloy is the #1 Sire (of Qualified & Superior sires) for:
- Rear Udder Height (+1.9)
- Rear Udder Width (+2.1)
- Udder Cleft (+2.4)
- Dairy Form (+3.0)
- Type (+1.0, tie w/ TD and Wonderment)
He's #2 for Stature (+2.7), #3 for Milk (+1559), Thurl Width (+0.9), and tied at #10 for Milking Speed (102).
If you want tall, dairy cows with big rear udders that know how to milk, Alloy is your bull!

Cows on the August 2009 PPR list:

No. 96: IE Twinkle-Hill Zenith Nicole V88
No. 103: Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie E90
No. 119: Mill Wheel Pre Ferrari V85 (owned by Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek, WI)
No. 131: Twinkle-Hill Den PuddingPop V85
No. 286: Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel 2E91

New calves born since our last update:

7/14/09 - Total x Geomistar Psurg Trinity V88 - a calf with a super cut!
7/27/09 - Parker x Twinkle-Hill Turmoil Renatta Twin +82
7/27/09 - Vigor x Twinkle-Hill Psurg Odyssey E90
8/9/09 - Agenda x Twinkle-Hill Avenger Amythyst +81
8/18/09 - Vigor x Twinkle-Hill Psurg Odyssey E90
8/18/09 - Vance x Holstein (crossbred)
9/1/09 - Alloy twin heifers from Twinkle-Hill Zenith Nicole V88

High milk cows for the July DHIA tester:

Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel 2E91 - 116 lbs
CIE Twinkle-Hill Leg Nicola V85 - 114 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Startle V88 - 109 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Starbrite V88 - 124 lbs
Twinkle-Hill Dynasty America ET E90 - 131 lbs (she's a full sister to Alloy!)

The classifier stopped by in early September. We scored a nice group of cows with 2 new EX and 6 VG two year olds (denoted by *).

Cow	SS	DQ	RP	MO	US	Final Score
Crescent View Pro Starlite	90	88	83	90	87	88
Twinkle-Hill Dom Arlaina	91	90	90	90	88	89
Twinkle-Hill Domnte Odessa	93	86	93	91	91	91
Twinkle-Hill Vance Celica	92	83	87	90	88	88
Twinkle-Hill Psurg Odyssey	92	91	84	88	91	90
Twinkle-Hill Jamaica Darby	91	86	87	85	86	87
Twinkle-Hill Blue Chip Jenna	90	86	86	83	87	86
Twinkle-Hill Dyn America	94	85	93	91	88	90
Twinkle-Hill TD Laurie	94	86	84	90	92	90
Twinkle-Hill Vincent Domino	90	87	87	83	87	87
Twinkle-Hill Dyn Starbrite	91	87	90	90	85	88
Twinkle-Hill Special Panda	90	86	86	85	87	87
Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Startle	88	83	86	85	91	88
Twinkle-Hill Den PuddingPop	88	72	86	85	88	85
Twinkle-Hill Leg Nicola	90	80	85	85	86	85
Geomistar Jetway Tiffany	93	90	88	84	85	87
Geomistar PowerSurg Trinity	87	87	90	86	88	88
Twinkle-Hill Beamer Wreath *	84	77	84	86	85	84
Twinkle-Hill Opie Persimmon *	88	67	92	65	85	79
Crescent Twinkle Sweetie *	85	80	88	84	90	86
Just So Denver Jewel *	88	82	76	84	83	83
Twinkle-Hill Psurg Starsky *	86	83	85	82	87	85
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Lucky *	87	80	85	84	86	85
Mill Wheel Pre Ferrari *	86	80	83	85	85	85
Mill Wheel SW Denver Geena *	90	80	85	78	80	82
Twinkle-Hill Supreme Dainty *	78	82	85	84	80	81
Twinkle-Hill Legacy Delilah *	77	78	84	84	82	81
Twinkle-Hill Avenger Amythyst *	80	83	80	78	85	82
Twinkle-Hill Psurg Starbit *	85	87	88	86	88	87
Twinkle-Hill Turmoil Renatta Twin *	77	78	83	86	84	82
Geomistar Kegger Tipsy *	82	79	83	83	78	80
RF Twinkle-Hill Pepper *	84	87	85	83	86	85

Summer 2009

NEW PICTURES POSTED!


Kulp-Wink Zeus Tippycanoe V87 2nd Sr. 2 Year Old - 2009 Wisconsin State Show	Twinkle-Hill All Olympia ET V86 4th Jr. 3 Year Old - 2009 Wisconsin State Show

Check out the Show Results page to see how we fared at the 2009 Wisconsin State Show!
The DHIA tester stopped by on June 12, here are a few of the cows that are really doing well!
- Twinkle-Hill Dyn America-ET V89 *Cert*- 135 lbs!
  - Dynasty x EX Collection Altra (a full sister to Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Alloy)
- Twinkle-Hill Zenith Rachel 2E91 *Cert*- 118 lbs
  - Red Brae Ace Zenith x 2E92 Prelude Raquel
- Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Startle V86 - 116 lbs
  - Dynasty x VG Special x VG Jemstone x EX Collection
- Twinkle-Hill Jamaica Darby V85 - 114 lbs
  - Jamaica x V88 Emerald
- Kulp-Wink Zeus Tippecanoe V87- 103 lbs (pictured above)
  - Red Brae Prelude Zeus x +84 Jolt x EX Emory Tawny
We're heading to the Wisconsin State Show at the end of June with a few good ones. Watch for updates in early July.
- Here's a preview of one of the girl's we'll be taking...we're hoping she's Lucky...
BIG NEWS: Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Alloy's first proof (04/09) was quite exciting. He debuted at No. 5 on the PPR list with +1930M +50F +53P.

We're currently milking one Alloy out of Front Line PomPoms Olivia 2E92 *Cert* *SBC*, Twinkle-Hill All Olympia.

New calves born this spring and summer:

Born 7/9/09 - Supreme x PSurge Starbit x Starlust
Born 6/21/09 - Agio x Denver Pudding Pop
Born 6/1/09 - Wagor x Dynasty America - an interesting mating that we're excited about!
Born 5/11/09 - Agenda x Flash (Emory x Frisky) - the "Flash" is super fancy!
Born 4/26/09 - Galaxy x Dynasty Startle - Startle looks GREAT!
Born 4/13/09 - Dynasty x Opie x Cube Penelope
Born 3/2/09 - Red Brae Prelude Zeus x Special Panda - this calf is in the string!

Spring 2009

We have a lot of cows due to calve this spring...
- Twinkle-Hill Jamaica Darby V85 (Jamaica x Emerald x Selectman )
  - due 3/18 to Alloy
- Twinkle-Hill Fame Opaque V87 (Fame x Dominate Opal x Prelude x PR x Priscilla)
  - due 4/21 to Vigor
- Twinkle-Hill Domnte Arlaina V88 (Dominate x Collection Altra)
  - due 4/22 to Red Brae Prelude Zeus
- Twinkle-Hill Dynasty Startle V86 (Dynasty x Special x Jemstone x Collection Star)
  - due 4/24 to Galaxy
- Twinkle-Hill Dyn America V89 (Dynasty x Collection Altra)
  - due 5/24 to Wagor
Our resident artist of the family (Laurie) has artistic prints of a Brown Swiss cow available for sale! Picture is below...
- You can call or email Laurie (614.507.1574, law237@cornell.edu) if you are interested
- Or you can buy online at www.cowartandmore.com

curiosity

Twinkle-Hill Vance Atomic is one of the higher production bulls from the January proof. His daughters know how to pay the bills - even with the terrible milk prices!
- 1/09 +1103M +49F +46P

Fall 2008

Our first Superior Brood Cow
- Front Line PomPoms Olivia 2E92 (picture below) qualified as a Superior Brood Cow in 2008 with her first three milking daughters.
New pictures posted! Click on links below to take a look!
Show Results
- Wisconsin State Fair and State Show
- World Dairy Expo - Central National Brown Swiss Show
December Classification Results
- 15 two year olds were scored - 11 were VG & the other 5 were GP!
- Full results below - 2 yr olds denoted by an asterisk*
- Whole herd averages >86 points, none lower than 80.

SS

DQ

RP

MO

US

FS

RF Clint Starletta *

85

86

83

84

85

85

Twinkle-Hill Dom Odessa

94

90

92

91

91

2E-91

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