Giving docility a good name….

As we’ve noted before, visitors to Thistle Hill almost always comment on two things about our cows:  first, how healthy they look (and are), and then how well-behaved.

Devon are naturally docile but our care does seem to make Thistle Hill cows and bulls especially easy to handle.  It’s an advantage in many ways, including the tenderness and taste of the meat.  It also helps when show animals to a potential buyer that you can walk right into the center of the herd…no one runs to a far corner of the pasture.

But the big advantage, particularly when you reach our delicate age, is the ability to work with them without fear of a broken bone.  Yours’, not theirs’.  And that docility travels with them as this note from a friend and customer attests:

“p.s.  we worked cows over the weekend (ear tagging for flies 3 months ahead of schedule with this weather).  N48 – Emma, was a dream.  Didn’t even need to restrain her head.    It is a real testament to you both on your cattle handling skills that you have such incredibly calm and trusting animals.”

If you’re looking for the right kind of Devon, the perfect grass fed animal, to upgrade your herd just write us for an appointment:  info@thistlehill.net.

We have a very limited number of bulls and heifers ready for your pasture.