The Alpha and the Omega….

….it was one of those days that makes raising Devon both a joy and so fulfilling.  We had checked the young mother-to-be a few hours earlier.  Nothing.  After a few errands, we went back out….and there was the latest addition to our herd.  The hour or so old heifer cleaned up and waiting to be tagged.  The was mother’s first….and she handled it like she had read the book.

The dam is a granddaughter of a young cow we bought years ago from the Tranthams’ Leonoir Creek Farm.  The sire was an English pairing: Ivan Rowe’s Snowdrop and Shiamala Comer’s Falcon. 

Just a few miles away, two of our bull calves…approaching  two years of age…were getting their travel papers.  They’ll be shipped to new homes in a few days.  And that completes the cycle.

Photos by Duane Ard