I agree with Sally here....there are no 'free' animals, only ones that don't
cost any money to get on the property. A champion and a lame, useless
animal eat...
I cannot agree with there are no free animals. Yes, they eat food but I have received two wonderful goats who had twin girls January 20, two very healthy pigs...
I know a month or two ago there were people looking for transport to Alaska for Dexters. Here is an email from a transporter I use that is going to be going...
Val wrote: Can anyone give me details about ... I believe maybe you are somewhat misguided in our ability to "understand" dwarf cows. In our breed our dwarfs...
Val, I have never heard of Fader; so I can't comment on that aspect. As to dwarfism, it has profound effects depending on how it is expressed a in a ...
Here's a color genetics question: If I have a black cow who had a dun dam and a red sire, and I breed her to a black bull who carries a red gene, what are the...
I was out feeding the cows yesterday and on our Youngest I noticed this Big Knot on her neck. Its on one side pretty close to her shoulder. It's a little...
Tom, Could it possibly be a snake bite? I've seen large knots like you are describing on hogs when they have been bitten by a snake. Sometimes you see...
Probably from an injection. These knots generally go away after a while although one of my cows has had one since we wormed and vaccinated last fall. C. J....
Hi Tom, Has she been vaccinated?....given any shots in this area? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Black or Red....and if the black bull has a dun gene too...dun. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Also, I forgot to ask, is it 25% chance of a red calf and 75% black? I get confused by neither of the parents of the black cow being black. Thanks for your...
Probably from an injection. These knots generally go away after a while although one of my cows has had one since we wormed and vaccinated last fall. C. J....
I am sorry, I really find it hard to believe that Dexters are so prefect
that their dwarf calves are all born dead. I guess you are speaking for the
group of...
I'm way behind in email and didn't read all the thread just the part about dwarf calves and fader syndrom something....and that all Dexter calves that are...
Well, ya'll will hate me for this probably..... BUT if that little guy were mine, I'd collect him, breed him to every cow on the place, and see what ...
... It isn't the answer but much more interesting and at least it pertains to Dexters!! He sounds ABSOLUTELY adorable!! You can test him as a carrier. But you...
... I agree! A 26 inch bull could live at my house ANY day!...maybe IN my house! <G> ... Nina -- Don and Nina Cipriani Rattle Creek Farm Abingdon VA...
I have a few pictures on my web site http://www.gvtc.com/~grakeep/dexter.htm But they aren't very good. I really need to brush him up and take some better...
I would certainly register him, get a semen service to collect him and use him as well as DNA test him. If he throws his size, then you have a gold mine! ...
... In the one picture where someone is standing touching a very small bull, is that him?? That is so odd, that small but longish legs. It would sure be...
NO that is our steer who is getting ready to be put in the freezer and he's about 36" in that picture but he's about 40 now. Patty Mundine DiddleKnot Farm & DK...
... OH ok! ROFL I need to get some pictures of ours. I have a tiny little heifer that is almost two, I need to measure her as well. BTW, loved your katahdin...
Well he's for sale, anyone interested? :) Without a heifer he's just an extra mouth to feed around here, we don't bother with AI and we'd have to build a...
Would love to see pictures... And thanks, I'm strange I have been breeding for colors and aparently I'm doing something right was breeding for black and after...
OOPS sorry about that I'll take the sheep conversation private from now on! Patty Mundine DiddleKnot Farm & DK Tervuren "Aspen" Rockaways Aspen Gold CGC ...
The Brown Swiss breed has a genetic defect like that, its called the Weaver condition. The calf just gets weaker and weaker, weaving when it walks and then...
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