• We aim to please….

    ….nothing’s too good for a Thistle Hill animal.  It turned very cold the other night and so we put out a bale of hay for our pigs to burrow into for warmth.  Today it’s sunny and the temperature is rising so they simply plopped down on top.  That’s our new boar and his three sows.  What’s the saying?  “It’s a pig’s life.” Any comparison between the way pigs are raised at Thistle Hill and your industrial pork?

  • Warning: do not try this at home….

    ….unless Mom is a Devon. Grandson Church Humphreys fortunately was on Thanksgiving break from college this morning to “bulldog” two newborn English calves.  This one is a heifer out of Essington Park Buttercup by Ashott Barton Millennium Falcon. Just slightly up the hill her full brother was also born overnight.  In both cases the dams put their noses right into the action…mooing softly to the calves that Church wouldn’t hurt them.  Of course, David with his tag applicator and pliers to pull tail hairs was another matter. Note that we use our best cows as recips.  We feel they’re every bit as important as the actual donor cow and sire.…