Another milestone….

…another successful experiment.

We decided to try our English traditional Devon bulls on a few of our heifers…here at Thistle Hill and in South Carolina.  And yesterday afternoon, without any warning, came the result:  a heifer calf by a fairly small heifer.  Delivered without problem.

The problem is we’re not sure which bull is the sire:  Churchill or Wellington.  Both were with her right at the conception date.  We’ll let DNA sort that out.  Meanwhile, Mom was busy holding court all afternoon….introducing the curiosity to the other heifers who are waiting their turn.

We liked that the dark ruby red coloring of the English animals prevailed.  This was a thoroughly photographed baby.

Top photo by Wooz; bottom by Duane Ard.