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Not only falling leaves….
….but calves. And it’s good to have Wooz riding shotgun again as we move in to tag a heifer’s brand new calf…a sturdy young bull. Couldn’t help remember the old Angus days when we’d have to be sure mom was a long way off…preferably on the other side of a big fence…when we were tagging her baby. Now the Devon mom just stands overhead….mooing comfort to the calf…as we get the job done. This was one of two new calves…the other newcomer joins our Traditional English Devon™ herd. This young heifer is the second calf for TDA 4. Proud papa is TDA Ransom. I love the way she holds her…
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End of an era….
….the Jackpot era. At Thistle Hill, anyway. Jackpot being sized up by Charles Blankenship of Day Spring Farm in Altamont, Tennessee. As Jackpot loomed up in the morning haze, I heard Charles exclaim to himself: Wow! About two minutes later, he owned him. Jackpot is a son of Rotokawa 243….Ken McDowall’s favorite bull. We ai-ed him to one of our cows that has a habit of producing great bull calves. And when Ken first saw him five years ago he said, “David, you’ve hit the Jackpot!” Charles and his wife Madeleine are developing quality grass fed meat operation near Nashville based on Red Angus, but friends convinced him crossing…
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Boo!….
….the Thistle Hill Halloween decorations are up! Spooky picture by Duane Ard.