{"id":5816,"date":"2019-09-23T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:02:43","slug":"to-be-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/to-be-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"To be honest&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8230;we weren\u2019t planning on becoming a unique source for  pure traditional English genetics.\u00a0 That came later when we realized pure Devon genetics were becoming a rarity, even in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally,  we just wanted to see whether infusing those English bloodlines into our herd of American Devon would be worth the trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King David provides the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid-1024x785.jpg\" alt=\"Thistlehill Farms - King David\" class=\"wp-image-5818\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid-1024x785.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid-768x589.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KingDavid.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This two-year old bull out of THF X2a by the Traditional English Devon bull  Victory has already produced his first calf crop&#8230;and they\u2019re winners!  And he\u2019s still got a lot of growing to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If  you\u2019ve bred your herd into a box we recommend considering a bull like  Victory. We have several to choose from and invite you to visit. As I  said earlier: the Blue Ridge Mountains are lovely this time of year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;we weren\u2019t planning on becoming a unique source for pure traditional English genetics.\u00a0 That came later when we realized pure Devon genetics were becoming a rarity, even in England. Originally, we just wanted to see whether infusing those English bloodlines into our herd of American Devon would be worth the trouble. King David provides the answer. This two-year old bull out of THF X2a by the Traditional English Devon bull Victory has already produced his first calf crop&#8230;and they\u2019re winners! And he\u2019s still got a lot of growing to do. If you\u2019ve bred your herd into a box we recommend considering a bull like Victory. We have several to choose from and invite you to visit. As I said earlier: the Blue Ridge Mountains are lovely this time of year. David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,13,24,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breeding","category-bulls","category-david","category-england","category-thistle-hill-farm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816","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=5816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5819,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions\/5819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}