Canadian Guernsey Association

Guernsey cows were produced on the Island of Guernsey which is one of the Channel Islands off the bank of France. The breed was created around 1,000 years back by ministers who moved to the island and carried with them the best bloodlines of French dairy cattle, Normandy Brindles, otherwise called Alderneys and the Formant du Leon breed from Brittany. Guernsey steers likewise possess the Islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark. In 1819 a law was passed on the islands restricting the importation of live cows to the islands for any reason. The breed has always been enhanced and kept up unadulterated since that time. The first Guernseys touched base in Canada accidentally. Guernseys were being taken by boat to New England states, when unpleasant oceans constrained an arrival in Nova Scotia. The occupants were so inspired by the dairy cattle that solicited the Federal Minister from Agriculture to import some of these simple tempered, brilliant steers. In1878, Sir John Abbott, who later got to be Prime Minister of Canada in 1891, made the official importation of Guernseys to Canada. The breed turned out to be exceptionally famous in the Maritimes and in the end a few groups made a trip overland to British Columbia. Guernsey's are by and large a lovely brilliant stoop shading with white markings in spite of the fact that varieties from an earthy red and white to a light grovel and white are regular. They are a medium size dairy cow with most develop bovines weighing 550 barrels to 700 barrels. Guernsey's are known for their peaceful disposition, calving ease, early development, and productivity in changing over scavenge to drain solids. The breed is versatile to amazing atmosphere conditions and additionally different lodging frameworks. Guernsey milk is naturally high in milk solids and has unmistakable brilliant shading, coming about because of its bizarrely high substance of Beta Carotene.