Special delivery….

….our  Traditional Devon™ bull “Churchill” has been transferred from Thistle Hill in Virginia to our partners, Bill and Nancy Walker’s farm, in Anderson, South Carolina.  Churchill’s first calves are on the ground here….and the Walkers will be trying him out during the next breeding season.

From South Carolina, we dipped down into Georgia and picked up some Traditional Devon™ from Doyle Unruh’s recip herd.  We brought back three calves along with two 2-year old bulls raised at Century Farms plus Wellington, Churchill’s full-brother.  Doyle is on the left and our friend, Glen Covington, who volunteered again to make the trip with me.  Bill Walker is on the far left if you click on the picture.

It made for quite a load, not  made any easier while we were sitting in a 45-minute traffic jam and the trucker in the next lane told us the delay was caused by an overturned cattle truck.  By the time we finally made it to the accident scene, the mess had been totally cleared.

And finally, the three new calves, now safely on Thistle Hill’s pastures (and de-horned).  Here they’re taking a final look at South Carolina before boarding the trailer.  From left to right:  a Cashtiller heifer by Jaunty, and two Falcon bull calves:  out of Norah in the middle and Snowdrop on the right.