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  • January 23, 2009 at 6:08 pm #40124
    Anonymous
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    It seems that I ask more questions than I answer, but maybe this will change.
    We found a place to get a fresh pair of durham calves down in Randolph, and
    we are going to bring them home at 3 days old, because being a commercial
    dairy, they would get put on milk replacer after that.
    We don’t want to put them on milk replacer, so we are looking for a freshened
    american milking devon cow -or hiefer-.
    I already spoke to Doug Flack, and he doesn’t have what we are looking for,
    so I ask all of you out there if you have any suggestions.
    also, we live in Huntington, in central Vermont.

    thanks,
    Miles

    January 23, 2009 at 6:53 pm #49449
    Howie
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    After being on good colostrom for a few days I do not think there is anything to be gained by not putting them on good 100% milk, milk replacer.
    P.S. If you want the best you should have bought a pair of Milking Devon calves.

    January 24, 2009 at 7:10 pm #49451
    bivol
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    @Howie 5241 wrote:

    P.S. If you want the best you should have bought a pair of Milking Devon calves.

    well, milking devons are not for everyone, especially if the teamster has little experience.

    January 25, 2009 at 12:55 am #49450
    Howie
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    :mad:The biggest problem with the Devons is that he so smart that he will pick up on the handlers mistakes.

    January 25, 2009 at 2:52 am #49453
    Robert MoonShadow
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    Now that would make for an interesting thread (if it hasn’t done so already; a discussion comparing the various attributes of the different breeds in relation to working them –> as in what was said here about milking devons in the last comment.

    January 25, 2009 at 5:22 am #49454
    sanhestar
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    BTW – I did a bit of research on milking devons and would like to hear your opinion on this:

    after looking at pictures and reading the breeds description I’m fairly certain that milking devon and the German Rotes Höhenvieh (Red Low Mountain Range Cattle – a not very proper term to translate the mountainous regions in the middle of Germany) share a common ancestry.

    Check out the following pics:

    bella.jpg

    milking devon

    devonb.jpg

    milking devon team

    rotes_hoehenvieh.jpg

    Rotes Höhenvieh

    britneykummet2.jpg

    in harness

    http://www.rotes-hoehenvieh.de/h_k_katalog_anz.php#

    old picture

    They share many things:

    descendent from celtic cattle, red coat, medium built, fine bones, hard hooves, light muzzle, a bit of white in the middle of the tail hairs, a bit of white at the udder.
    Formerly a three purpose cattle: milk, meat, drafting, thrives on poor pasture, good milk yield, renowned worker (in the past)

    January 25, 2009 at 2:34 pm #49452
    bivol
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    “after looking at pictures and reading the breeds description I’m fairly certain that milking devon and the German Rotes Höhenvieh (Red Low Mountain Range Cattle – a not very proper term to translate the mountainous regions in the middle of Germany) share a common ancestry.”

    yes that’s absolutelly true… they both belong to the group of breeds i call “celtic cattle”. my guess is that they were cattle of celts, who once inhabited british isles and germany and france. cattle, being valuable, survived the demise of their masters.

    they are medium to small in size, mono-coloured, usually red or black. you could also mention the salers, dexter, keltenvieh…

    actually i was going to make a thread on cattle breeds….

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