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Thistle Hill Alumni Club….
….a bouncing baby boy by Thistle Hill Red Lad. Brooke Henley in Burkittsville, Maryland says he’s “growing like a weed” despite being born in a snowstorm. Brooke and husband, Tom Garnett, are calling him Snowball. Dad is descended from our Watson bull and our first really outstanding cow, R3, who is still producing beautiful calves for us here in Virginia. You’ll want to keep an eye on Tom and Brooke’s “Spring Pastures Farm”.
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Singing in the rain…
….what’s a little rain when you can welcome a new baby first thing in the morning? Even when you get clean jeans muddy tagging her? This heifer is by 256 out of Thistle Hill Jackpot. So far the bull/heifer ration is just about even. Old hat now for “R3“….her bull calf is by Thistle Hill Reality. Just a guess but it was almost as though both cows (standing about 50 feet apart, which is unusual) delivered between two cloud bursts at just about the same time. “3” is one of those cows who leans right over you talking to her calf while you tag her. I’ve learned to speak some mama…
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Here we go again….
….the start of a new calving season with A123. He’s a “he”….by Thistle Hill Reality. A bull we sold as a youngster but brought back for a command performance when we saw how well he had matured. We like it when calves confidently accept our attention—and tagging—on their very first contact. Wooz wants to name him Elizabeth since it’s her birthday and that’s her real name. Do we dare?! I have in mind John Cash’s “Boy Named Sue”, of course. Reality has Rotokawa 667 on both sides so he comes by his sturdiness naturally. And it certainly helps to come out of our wonderful “3 family” as well….mom is THF…