Cattle Breeders specialising in Aberdeen Angus Cattle and Angus Bulls based in Worcestershire, UK
Herd management for our pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle at Nightingale is non labour intensive and as simplistic as possible. All our efforts are directed at breeding an efficient and profitable animal for the farmer and to develop a carcass that will produce the finest quality eating meat for the consumer.
A line breeding programme of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle is pursued, as only line breeding provides consistent ongoing prepotency - an outcross animal (hybrid vigour) makes for an outstanding animal in the present time but makes little contribution after the second generation. The result is a wonderful trade in bulls with one customer buying 25 bulls, another has had fourteen bulls (and never been to Nightingale). Many more customers have had 2, 3 ,4, 5 & 6 bulls. The predominant reason why so many customers are happy with our bulls is that they are equal to or outperform other breeds. For 30 years Nightingale females calved at two years old and are fed only grass and silage.