Every so often….

….our plan works out.  For instance, this heifer calf.  When we brought back THF Reality from John and Terry Guevremont farm  on “temporary assignment” we were looking to couple his genetics (Rotokawa 667) to some of our best cows, particularly THF 6 (Hope).  And it came to fruition this morning.

“Hope”, who is a 688 daughter, has produced more calves (19) than any other cow at Thistle Hill and, in fact, this is her 10th heifer!  Of course, many of the earlier calves were thanks to embryo transplants.  In recent years, we’ve kept her to natural breeding.