American Milking Devons

American Milking Devons are a truly triple-purpose heritage breed of cattle that is listed as
Critical by the American Livestock Breed Conservancy. Cows average from 800 to 1100 pounds
and produce around 4 gallons of 5 to 5.5% butterfat milk per day. They come in all shades of red
with black-tipped, white horns.

We have found Lily to be quite intelligent, pretty spunky, and quite willful. This adds up to a
heifer that can be a bit of a handful at times, but also a rewarding friend. We are novices starting
with cattle and have no regrets starting with this wonderful breed.

Lily, shortly after being born, with her mother. This beautiful balance
of dairy and meat type is what we intend to produce here at HTH.

After months of planning, scheduling and procuring, we had Bill Jones, the local AI specialist, visit
Lily on 10/18/2010, using semen from registered bull Wild Asparagus Farm Axel #10352:

Lily was confirmed pregnant via ultrasound by our vet, Terry McKenzie, on 11/27/2010!
She is carrying a single and her expected due date is 7/26/2011.
Depending on the gender and if we decide to sell the calf, we may re-breed Lily by Axel or else
we will use the other bull's semen, Meadow Brook Glory's Herk #10337. We acquired enough
straws to preform two inseminations per breeding for three years. Since we were successful on
our first try, we may be able to breed Lily more times using this initial shipment of straws.
Lily's first offspring is likely to be for sale once it has been weaned this coming fall.