Meet the TPF Cows
Bubbles and Minnie Pearl- the girls that started it all. These girls came to live with us in 2022 as bottle babies from a local farm. They are so incredibly sweet and love attention. They are safe with us for the rest of their lives! Bubbles is a Jersey x Milking shorthorn and MP is a Jersey. As of the fall of 2025, Bubbles had a severely dislocated hip that required a week long visit to NCSU CVM. As of spring 2026, she is doing well and just has a slight limp.
Buttercup came to us in 2022 from a neglect case. This guy posted on a farm page in desperate need of help. His farm was full of animals and he said he had no water or money to help them. A friend and I hooked up the trailer and headed to Roxboro to get as many as we could. We left with Buttercup, an emaciated Jersey cow, her son Frank, a few goats (friend took) and Gary the goose. Buttercup is a wonderful girl that enjoys being the herd leader. She is an older girl. She takes care of all of the other ones and is a wonderful gal. She will live on our farm for the remainder of her life.
Frank is Buttercup's son and came to us when he was about 6-8 months old. He was WILD when he came and is now a sweet sweet boy. He loves to have his chin scratched and is the big brother to all the other cows. He is a gentle giant and even allows Jeremi to lay with him while relaxing in the pasture. Frank is a Jersey steer. He will live on our farm for the remainder of his life.
Susan (left) and Beauregard (right) came to us summer 2024. Both of their moms died after birth and they needed a soft place to land. They were both pretty wild but Beau is letting me scratch his head now. Susan is an Angus x Jersey cross. Beau is a Jersey x Gyr cross. Beau has been steered. They will live on our farm for the remainder of their life. Update Spring 2026, Beau is a large boy and is quite the character. He will come running for treats and scratches. Susan is now solid black and a smaller girl. She is slowly warming up to attention.
Rory isn't technically a rescue other than he was removed from the auction/cow sales pipeline and will never been eaten. Rory is a highland steer. He came to us so wild he climbed the walls to escape. He will now accept head scratches from a few select people and will eat from our hand. He is about 3-4 years old now. He will live on our farm for the remainder of his life. Rory has to be shaved every summer because he can't handle our heat.
These babies were a lesson on how heifers will go at huge extremes to find love. When Bubbles and MP turned 18 months they started escaping to find a bull. We would bring them back home every time but they did get bred by the Angus that is over a half a mile down the road. This led to Geoffrey (now a steer) and Ellie Blossom (heifer). These babies will live here for the remainder of their lives so they will never be eaten of abused. We have since changed our fencing and MP and Bubbles never tried to escape again.
Stevie came to us in 2023. Jeremi saw him online and he looked so much like the first steer that she had, Leo. She couldn't get his picture out of her mind so he had to come to the farm. He came with another bull calf named Brother. These boys never got colostrum and were VERY sick. We lost Brother after desperately working with our veterinarian. Stevie was touch and go for awhile. He ended up at NCSU CVM where they saved him. He will always live safely on our farm. He is a big baby that loves with his full heart (even the one on his head).
Beau Winter 2025
Frank, January 2026