{"id":721,"date":"2012-05-08T11:51:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T15:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2012-05-08T12:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:14:31","slug":"a-rude-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/a-rude-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"A rude welcome…."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>…but a necessary one.\u00a0 Our nine new arrivals had their check-ups at Rose Hill Veterinary Services yesterday.\u00a0 Here one of the British bull calves—“Churchill<\/em>“—stands more or less stoically as Dr. Derek Vandrey uses a wire saw to remove his horns.\u00a0 That green paint on his ear is where he’s just been tatooed.\u00a0 Working with Derek is veterinary student Camille Lewandowski.<\/p>\n

After the horns are off, Derek uses a hot iron to cauterize the site both to stop the bleeding and limit the possibility of infection.\u00a0 We used to do this here at the farm but now prefer the environment at the clinic.\u00a0 So does Churchill<\/em>.\u00a0 He’s had a local anesthetic and is feeling no pain.<\/p>\n

It’s been a tough couple of days for our newcomers.\u00a0 First separated from their mothers…then rounded up and re-tagged in North Carolina…divided into two groups…loaded onto trailers….brought here to Thistle Hill where they have to become accustomed to new grass, new water and new herd mates.\u00a0 But from this point on, it’s all gravy.\u00a0 As more than one visitor has remarked:\u00a0 “If I come back as a cow, let it be to Thistle Hill!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…but a necessary one.\u00a0 Our nine new arrivals had their check-ups at Rose Hill Veterinary Services yesterday.\u00a0 Here one of the British bull calves—“Churchill“—stands more or less stoically as Dr. Derek Vandrey uses a wire saw to remove his horns.\u00a0 That green paint on his ear is where he’s just been tatooed.\u00a0 Working with Derek is veterinary student Camille Lewandowski. After the horns are off, Derek uses a hot iron to cauterize the site both to stop the bleeding and limit the possibility of infection.\u00a0 We used to do this here at the farm but now prefer the environment at the clinic.\u00a0 So does Churchill.\u00a0 He’s had a local anesthetic and is feeling no pain. It’s been a tough couple of days for our newcomers.\u00a0 First separated from their mothers…then rounded up and re-tagged in North Carolina…divided into two groups…loaded onto trailers….brought here to Thistle Hill where they have to become accustomed to new grass, new water and new herd mates.\u00a0 But from this point on, it’s all gravy.\u00a0 As more than one visitor has remarked:\u00a0 “If I come back as a cow, let it be to Thistle Hill!”<\/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-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","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=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}