We classified on Saturday, and had spent most of the day Thursday and Friday getting ready. Unfortunately, as you can probably imagine, its not really practical to do too much cleaning in advance... as things in the dairy tend not to stay clean to for too long.
Saturday morning started at 4:00 for those who were helping prepare for the imminent classification. The walls and doors in the barn got scrubbed, all pens and beds were cleaned out, limed and re-bedded, the pipeline was polished, and most importantly, all the ladies got baths. All this in addition to the regular flow of the dairy morning (feeding, livestock chores, and milking). Due to a tremendous team effort, around 11:00, everything and everyone was ready! Unfortunately we weren't scheduled until 2:00, which presented a bit of a problem...
Now we need to keep everyone clean and tidy for the next 3 hours. This involved brushing, spot cleaning, and ALOT of gutter scraping and manure pack picking.
when we finally got to classify, all the effort had paid off. The place looked fantastic!
Below is a list of how each cow scored. The number is parenthesis is how their score changed since last time we classified.
#273 UM Logan Iron RIZZO...75
#279 UM Sana AGNES...81
#260 UM Jackson ALREADY...80 (+5)
# 255 UM Crown APPLE...86 (+3)
#249 UM Pontiac COOKIES N KREAM...84 (+3)
# 245 UM Lou DARLIN...90 (+2)
#258 UM Blade DENALI...75 (0)
#254 UM Pronto DIRIGO...75 (0)
#218 UM Marion DOMINO...77 (+4)
#274 UM Lawn Boy P Red DOUGHNUT-RC...82
#224 UM Marion DUTCHESS...85 (+1)
#252 UM Amateur ELLA...84 (+5)
#277 UM Logan Iron ELSIE...80
#217 UM Offroad HUNTER...87 (+2)
#221 UM Potter JAGUAR...83 (+3)
#271 UM Logan Iron KIT CAT...82
#235 UM Son Red LUPINE-RC...87 (+2)
#272 UM Lawn Boy P Red MEADOW-RC...82
#262 UM Pronto NAUTICA...85 (+4)
#227 UM Le-O NESSIE...87 (+2)
#226 UM Stormatic NORDIQUE...86 (+1)
#228 UM Toystory PIXAR...84 (+1)
#263 UM Blitz POLLYWOG...78
#256 UM Racer POPPY...86 (+4)
#265 UM Derren RADAR...81
#246 UM Amateur RALLY...73 (0)
#280 UM Arlonzo RAMONA...80
#251 UM Lattitude RASCAL...84 (+2)
#257 UM Blade REBAH...81 (+1)
#270 UM Blade RENEE...80
#267 UM Bay Dream RIVAH OF LOVE...82
#247 UM Racer ROSEMARY...74 (+6)
#241 UM Mac ROXY...83 (+1)
#266 UM Blade RUGER...82
#193 UM Ramses SKYLAR...87 (-2)
#240 UM Mac TIKI...84 (+1)
#250 UM Elavate YEMINA...82 (+3)
We had a total of:
1 "Excellent" cow (a score of 90 - 97)
9 "Very Good" cows (a score of 85-89)
20 "Good Plus" cows (a score of 80 - 84)
5 "Good" cows (a score of 75 - 79)
2 "Fair" cows (a score of 65-74)
0 "Poor" cows ( a score of 50 - 64)
their scores have been updated on each cow's profile if you care to see what each lovely lady looks like!