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<\/a>“Emma” was one of our first two Devon cows and we parted with her only because she was destined for a really good home.\u00a0 The Maurers spent long hours studying our herd before deciding on Emma and she was a favorite\u00a0for us all the time we had her.\u00a0 In fact, we flushed her twice and both times she re-bred immediately on her next cycle.\u00a0 And as you can see, she still has the body and the conditioning of a young cow.<\/p>\nThe second animal we sold—Abbey—has a very interesting history.\u00a0 She descends from an old Louisiana herd, one of the best ever.\u00a0 But the breeder was African-American and felt that no one would pay much money for a Black man’s cows, so he essentially gave them away.\u00a0 Today, they finally bring top dollar.<\/p>\n
Incidentally, we want to mention that the Maurer’s own Springhaven Farm in Madison and they sell meat, too.<\/p>\n
There’s a lesson here for those just getting started.\u00a0 Most newcomers tell us they want to buy a heifer…”not a used cow.”\u00a0 But we urge them\u00a0to reconsider and purchase one of our experience mamas…..they all have a record of calving successfully and of being trouble-free.<\/p>\n
There’s an old saying that “God taught successful cows all they need to know”.\u00a0 And she’ll be happy to teach you.\u00a0 There is nothing more rewarding than taking some time out of your day to watch a mama with her calf.\u00a0 It’s home schooling at its finest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
….from satisfied customers, whether it’s for our meat or our seed stock.\u00a0 It’s particularly gratifying when that praise comes from experienced Devon breeders such as Linda and Rich Maurer of Madison, Virginia.\u00a0 They bought a pregnant six-year old cow and a young heifer from Thistle Hill recently and the other day we received this email from Linda: “Thought you’d like to see the new calf, Frosty!\u00a0 He is a BIG boy – 87 pounds, according to Rich.\u00a0 He is eating and sleeping mostly.\u00a0 Our Milking Devon almost literally hit the ground running.\u00a0 All the beef Devon just eat and sleep for about 4 days before really testing their legs. “Anyway, Emma and Abbey are both treasures – thank you so much again for selling them.\u00a0 They are a great addition to the herd.” “Emma” was one of our first two Devon cows and we parted with her only because she was destined for a really good home.\u00a0 The Maurers spent long hours studying our herd before deciding on Emma and she was a favorite\u00a0for us all the time we had her.\u00a0 In fact, we flushed her twice and both times she re-bred immediately on her next cycle.\u00a0 And as you can see, she still has the body and the conditioning of a young cow. The second animal we sold—Abbey—has a very interesting history.\u00a0 She descends from an old Louisiana herd, one of the best ever.\u00a0 But the breeder was African-American and felt that no one would pay much money for a Black man’s cows, so he essentially gave them away.\u00a0 Today, they finally bring top dollar. Incidentally, we want to mention that the Maurer’s own Springhaven Farm in Madison and they sell meat, too. There’s a lesson here for those just getting started.\u00a0 Most newcomers tell us they want to buy a heifer…”not a used cow.”\u00a0 But we urge them\u00a0to reconsider and purchase one of our experience mamas…..they all have a record of calving successfully and of being trouble-free. There’s an old saying that “God taught successful cows all they need to know”.\u00a0 And she’ll be happy to teach you.\u00a0 There is nothing more rewarding than taking some time out of your day to watch a mama with her calf.\u00a0 It’s home schooling at its finest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>“Thought you’d like to see the new calf, Frosty!\u00a0 He is a BIG boy – 87 pounds, according to Rich.\u00a0 He is eating and sleeping mostly.\u00a0 Our Milking Devon almost literally hit the ground running.\u00a0 All the beef Devon just eat and sleep for about 4 days before really testing their legs.<\/em><\/p>\n