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Thistle Hill Alumni Club….
….has opened a new branch at Franchesca’s Dawn Farm near Halifax, VA. Not long ago Amie Herrara purchased one of herd bulls—U2—and here are the first results. Amie was worried that one of her heifers was too small to successfully calve, but U2 handled the assignment. Amie writes: “we’ve been pleased with them all! The calves are growing so much better than our past calves. I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate having the big guy in our herd.” For some reason, Wooz named U2 “Double Trouble” and it’s her one mistake. He played a big role in the development of our herd and we’re pleased he’s…
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The proof is in….
….the progeny! Traditional Devon™ Churchill continues to turn out splendid calves both here at Thistle Hill and at Bill and Nancy Walker’s Century Farms at Anderson, South Carolina….where this young lady is pictured. Churchill was the very first embryo calf we imported six years ago and he’s had trial runs now at both farms. Today he is pastured at Thistle Hill, making friends with the girls in our main herd.