Using Advent-Guest Blogger Joe Engel, Luck-E Holsteins
Holstein World:
Obviously, you””ve had some success with the very popular Advent bull. What are the traits he sires that work especially well for matings in the Luck-E herd? Can you tell us more about your two Advent stars? Are they still at home? Being flushed? Being shown? How have they helped the Luck-E merchandising program?
Joe Engel, Luck-E Holsteins:
Our Advents are well balanced cows with deep, sweeping ribs and have a lot of style. His best traits are the ability to sire dairy strength and aggressive eaters. This combination makes them work good for our freestalls and being a red bull, I think this makes him an ideal match for many Rubens and Talent daughters. We have had two Advents score VG-88 as two year olds. Kite, the red one, we sold this summer and Kalotta, the black one, we flushed earlier this fall and exported embryos. We are now going to breed her back, but plan to flush her more next year. Her Rubens dam is now being flushed to fill demand for embryos. We plan to keep flushing more cows to Advent. Our most recent advent flush was to Bikini EX-92. We are excited about bringing red carrier into this family since Bikini is our favorite cow.