Welcome Jarret, This is a great group. Robin http://www.WildRoseAcres.com "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his...
Kim, Is there any solid reason you want to wean so early? Do you like bottle feeding a calf? I would keep that young one on her mom longer. Maybe your...
Hi Sher, Even if you don't have a business card, if you tell Nancy what you sort of want, and that you give her your contact info and maybe a picture of an...
Hi Corrine, IF you want me to put them on the dextercattle4sale.net list, just let me know, be glad to help you. Hope things are going better for you lately. ...
Welcome Jarret! Glad to see you made it on the list! Talk to you soon! Dan Just wanted to say hi. I am new to the world of dexters.my name is jarret talk...
Hi Ben, I was just thinking the other day it had been awhile since you posted! Hope things are going good. We used to leave the bull out year round until this...
i have done that too. and most calved at 21-24 months, but last time it was different. dont know why. gene ... one breed ... the ... bulls ... wean ... sure...
Thanks Gene - my heifers are 15 mo old so I shall see about a bull to entertain them! Also do you wait to vacinate calves after they are weaned, or at what ...
Thanks CJ! Psalm 27 Ben Crandall, RN Associate Professor of Nursing & Faculty Liaison US Army ROTC Indiana Wesleyan University 4201 S. Washington Marion, IN...
Gene - I taught Nursing at NSU for 5 years('89-'94). The heritage was Indian, and proudly so. What other town has street and store signs bilingually English &...
Dan: Lisa & I would love to make a meeting - we have had scheduling problems. Coincidentially, the Indiana State Fair is Aug 8-19 this year. At some point I...
You want to be careful leaving a heifer calf with your herd, we have seen them calf at just over a year old and they had many difficulties. We always pull our...
Hi Kim, We've had really good luck (no sick or stressed calves) using the following procedure for weaning our calves: 1. All calves (heifer and bull/steer)...
Using Moon signs to wean does work very well....also on cutting calves....do not work cattle or castrate or dehorn during the full Moon. Barbara Stewart ... ...
... Kim, You're going to get a lot of different answers. Mine is that I don't wean my calves. The mother goes through a cycle of approximately a year in...
... bulls ... wean ... sure ... I agree with you 100% about doing things naturally. It's a new thought to me that it might be the mother that controls when the...
hello everyone! I just completed the JUN/JUL trip - 21,150 miles in just over 5 weeks - I was on both coasts twice and across the upper midwest twice - about ...
I have searched for quite awhile for reported scientific studies where DE actually works as a dewormer. These reports are now starting to show up. The same...
... Kim, I recently sold a bull calf at 4 months, 1 week old. It was a little too early for the mother, but turned out great for the little bull. She suffered...
First, DE is probably not as dangerous as reported in MSDS's. Remember liability lawyers help to write MSDS's. Nonetheless, I doubt it is healthful to...
Hi Everyone, If anyone heading to the region 12 meeting at Rick Seydel's house on August 18th is looking for steers, breeding quality bulls, or heifers let me...
Hello all, Yea I am still live, only the good die young???? Anyone hauling in or out of Maine ??? Got 1 cow needing a ride south. If I go up then I will have a...
Hi, we're looking for a dexter bull to replace our current sire, Majic of Myers Farm. We are breeding for a beefier dexter, so we are looking for one strong in...
i got a great candidate for you but gosh i am a long ways off ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape...
where are you located? we have a year old black bull, tested non carrier with a butt and a half on him available in central virginia....check our website...
Still have a lot of calves to get rid of. They are not registered as they are being systematically eaten in lieu of being sold. Patrick Bull 02/04/06 Dun Sire:...
Where are you located? JP Farms ... From: andrea.ramponi To: DexterCattleADCA@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:11 AM Subject:...
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Hi, I have been lurking hear to learn about rearing cattle because I am considering doing this. I am probably missing something in this story so I thought I...