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David Dahlsrud
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Ferdinand, Idaho, United States
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The New Milking Devons are Home! (video)

Posted by David Dahlsrud over 8 years ago

Well its been a week or so since we went and picked up the newest additions to the cattle operation on the Traditional CatholicHomestead, so I thought I might as well shoot a quick introductory video of the new kids.  We’ve added a bred cow, a heifer calf, and another bull calf to the herd!  I feel like we’re set for a while (especially on bulls!), but we’re super excited to bring in the dairy animals for the homestead!  We plan on doing some all scale sairying with these animals, and they should produce well with linmal inputs like grain and suplaments like some of the strictly dairy breeds often require.  The American Milking Devon is a bit of a living museum piece and we’re happy to help preserve these beautiful animals, plus I think they just might be the perfect homestead cow!  Time will tell.

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John Lee
John Lee : Beauties! I am new to livestock farming, so could you tell me what you meant when referring to the Devon bull as "tri-purpose?"
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David Dahlsrud
David Dahlsrud : Thanks John. Tri-pupose refers to the original use of the animals for milk, meat, and as oxen. The Milking Devon is kind of a old breed that hasn't been selectively bred to specialize in a single facet of production (i.e. beef or dairy), it can be used for a little of everything. The Red Devon was derived from the same parent stock as the Milking Devon, but it was selected for beef production where as the Milking Devon is closer to the original.
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