We're interested in learning more from the members about strategies for finishing Dexter beef for the table. Grass-fed will be very lean, but finished on...
I feed no grain, ever to any of my animals. I don't want fat running thru the meat my family eats. It can't be lean if it's fat. Getting away from the side...
... Dexters won't be as lean from being grass fed as other breeds will be. They are more efficient foragers and tend to thrive on a grass diet. They'll get fat...
Keith & Laura, we use a UN MEDICATED (no bovatec or Lasalocid) 12 percent protien sweet feed to finish ours off. We do this for 1-2 months before shipping, the...
Good question. I am currently feeding out a steer (No. 4) who will be approximately 18 months when he is butchered which will be in about a 2 weeks. I have...
Hi Laura, We "finished" three Dexter steers in 2007. Two long-legged ones and one short-legged. All three were finished on good brome grass and mixed prairie...
Patti that was the best advice and best info i have seen on the group in some time,,,great work and thanks real world numbers,,,real world results,,,,and i did...
I just bought a dexter cow...2yr old who is pregnant and I want to be able to milk her. She is not halter broke. Any ideas? Also, what should i be feeding...
My steers are finished on alfalfa and are more than fat enough. Gary Jensen who slaughters, ages, cuts, and packages my beef tells me that his butchers have...
Hello, I am anticipating our first calf (mine and hers) soon. Will the calfs gender be obvious from birth? I am going to try to keep from fussing over my new...
When we first had cattle, I was not good at telling at birth. It is NOT that easy in a solid black calf!! Plus, my cows didn't know me as well, so I could not...
Hi Jenny, I am your neighbor to the west and I would definately keep her in the barn. Especially if next week looks like this week in the weather. One way you...
Hi Al, I have the unfortunate/fortunate circumstance of being a professional engineer (from a family of engineers, so it's genetic as well as environmentally...
Yes, the calf's gender will be obvious. I try to spray the umbilical cord with a gentle iodine solution. To do this I tip the calf up and can see whether it...
I use food for a distraction. While the cow is eating (your choice of cow treats) walk up to her from the side and pet her. Once she is used to you petting...
Both the bulls and heifers have a protuding area where the umbilical cord is attached. As the bulls get older the sheath hairs get longer and more pronounced....
Of course, didn't even think of the pee! My kids would love this conversation. Anyway, I appreciate the input. It was so cold this morning that I let Ivy...
Thanks Al, sorry for my mistake (not enough coffee?). The air-conditioning one sounds perfect. I only do one steer at a time, and the live animal to hanging...
Good luck on your new calf. IMO the quicker an aggressive animal is made into yummy hamburger the I will be from an aggressive bull! Curious do you have the...
... conversation. Anyway, I appreciate the input. It was so cold this morning that I let Ivy stay in the barn after she came in for milking practice. I...
I don't ... That isn't a horn problem that is a temperament problem. A mean bull, even without horns can kill you. ... Nina -- Don and Nina Cipriani Rattle...
You are absolutely right Nina! Reny has botched, burned off upside down horns. Poor guy! Even without effective horns his behavior is scary. Hard for this...
crummy pieces of junk,,,,i have been using a sawsall from sears and roebuck for 20 years,,,get a cheap one and get a 12 inch wood blade to cut steaks bone or...
How do the CLA's measure when doing it this way? Evelyn SoCal & SWC Missouri If the troops come home now... so will the war. Maybe the reason History repeats...
Hi Dirk, My bull is with my heifer. As far as I can see he has no reason to be aggressive. I can walk around in the pasture if I distract him with hay. He...
I find the data very useful! As soon as I saw the #'s... I started figuring percentage! I also come from a line of engineers, but was steered from the math ...
Hello there Well it has only taken a year but I managed to spend some time over the holidays and updated our website. I have done some major updates to the ...
Before home freezers, farmers in Michigan used to slaughter a steer, wrap it in a clean sheet, and let it hanging in the barn. Of course, it didn't age; it...
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