Mission accomplished….

Traditional Devon’s English bull, Churchill, returns to his Thistle Hill pasture after an extremely successful stay at North American Breeders for collection.

The tech there called him “fantastic”…and we agree.  In fact, grass fed bulls generally are far more fertile than grain fed.  With all the news reports about declining sperm counts in western males, we’ve wondered whether the high level of corn fructose in young diets is partly to blame.

Churchill is not yet two.  He’s been used in a limited way here at Thistle Hill.  His brother, Wellington, will be traveling to South Carolina in another month to be tried on our partners’ Walker Century Farms herd.

And no, semen is not yet for sale.

Tradition Devon is a joint venture of three Devon farms:  Thistle Hill, Walker Century Farms and Folly Farm in New York.  The goal is to preserve pure English Devon genetics…and to broaden the genetic pool available here in the United States.