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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:
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
- From May 2010
- From April 2010
- 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 *)
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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!
- Front Line PomPoms Olivia 2E92 *Cert-SBC* calved at 10/01 on January 10th with a Supreme heifer calf!
- January test results
- New Alloy daughter picture
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!
- 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
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:
- New calves born since our last update:
- High milk cows for the July DHIA tester:
- 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 |
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91 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
88 |
89 |
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93 |
86 |
93 |
91 |
91 |
91 |
Twinkle-Hill Vance Celica |
92 |
83 |
87 |
90 |
88 |
88 |
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92 |
91 |
84 |
88 |
91 |
90 |
Twinkle-Hill Jamaica Darby |
91 |
86 |
87 |
85 |
86 |
87 |
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90 |
86 |
86 |
83 |
87 |
86 |
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94 |
85 |
93 |
91 |
88 |
90 |
|
94 |
86 |
84 |
90 |
92 |
90 |
Twinkle-Hill Vincent Domino |
90 |
87 |
87 |
83 |
87 |
87 |
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91 |
87 |
90 |
90 |
85 |
88 |
Twinkle-Hill Special Panda |
90 |
86 |
86 |
85 |
87 |
87 |
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88 |
83 |
86 |
85 |
91 |
88 |
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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 |
|
86 |
83 |
85 |
82 |
87 |
85 |
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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 |
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85 |
87 |
88 |
86 |
88 |
87 |
|
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!
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Kulp-Wink Zeus Tippycanoe
V87
2nd Sr. 2 Year Old - 2009 Wisconsin State Show |
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- 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!
- We're heading to the Wisconsin State Show at the end of June with a few good ones. Watch for updates in early July.
- 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.
- 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...
- Our resident artist of the family (Laurie) has artistic prints of a Brown Swiss cow
available for sale! Picture is below...

- 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!
Fall 2008
- Our first Superior Brood Cow
- New pictures
posted! Click on links below to take a look!
- Show Results
- 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.
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SS |
DQ |
RP |
MO |
US |
FS |
RF Clint Starletta * |
85 |
86 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
85 |
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94 |
90 |
92 |
91 |
91 |
2E-91 |
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