Recip owner DeKalb Wells in North Carolina with David and Bill.
Devon hold their own in a recip herd of Angus!
Everything we hoped for: the first daughter of Cashtiller and Jaunty.
Churchill, at 3 months, stands apart from the crowd.
It would be easier if you'd hold still! David tries to focus.
Churchill at six months, an incredibly calm young bull.
Bill grading the calves for sorting.
Wooz also scoring the calves. We each gave our own grades.
Jason Wells captures 876...soon to be dehorned, tattooed and re-tagged TDA X03.
Bill gets ready for the switch in tags from recip dam to TDA.
Wooz bags the tail hairs and makes sure the records are accurate.
Glenn Covington of Virginia, Thistle Hill's great friend and consultant!
The English have arrived in Virginia again...not far from where we threw them out in the Revolution!
TDA 8...a son of Goldings Norah by Ashott Barton Falcon. Three months.
TDA 9 - an Essington Buttercup son by Ashott Barton Falcon.
TDA 10 - a Goldings Snowdrop son by Ashott Barton Falcon.
Cutcombe Jaunty calves at Folly Farm in New York. They're four months here. All are embryo sisters.
The same Jaunty calves at 10 months. Dam is a cow from John Forelle's Folly Farm in Pine Plains, New York.
The Traditional Devon America crew with Doyle Unruh. Doyle is the Georgia cattleman who manages our recipient cows. L to R: Schoumacher, Matthews, Unruh, Forelle, Nancy Walker, Bill Walker.
Two Tilbrook Cashtiller heifers at Thistle Hill: TDA 5 and 7. The sire: Cutcombe Jaunty.
TDA 13 "Buttercup"....dam Essington Park Buttercup; sire Falcon. At four months,
TDA 12...a 4-month old bull calf by Falcon out of Goldings Norah.
TDA 02 Wellington. Just over a year old at Walker Century Farms. Dam is Tilbrook Cashtiller; Sire, Cutcombe Jaunty.
TDA 11. A Tilbrook Cashtiller heifer by Cutcombe Jaunty tries our her new legs.
TDA 16 Falcon...a day old...pretty area but doesn't look like England.
The "civilizing" process begins. TDA 4 Cashtiller and new baby with Wooz.
TDA Highwayman...almost 2.
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