If we DId do that, and we know that we don't have a "full" grown Dexter until 4-5 years.........do you just wait that long to determine if you can breed your...
Hi Nina, It would not be good for a cow or a bull (or their owners) to be kept for so long without producing anything. The other factor we need to consider...
... That makes perfect sense. I can however see that there COULD be some used as a DQ, things seen at birth such as an unrecognized color or excessive white. ...
Hi Gene, I have a question. If you were collecting to send internationally, would your bull not have to go through a testing and quarantine period? ..marion ...
Hi Nina, I'm concerned that are some potential problems with using color or color markings or white markings as a disqualification for registry. Here's why: 1....
Having spent a lot of my life around labs the prerequisite is a test method. Now one person hold a tape measure alongside and eye balls across, someone else...
So, people, in the US, are breeding Dexters that don't really conform to the ideal and are selling them to people who don't understand the ideal and because...
Charlotte, If you take some time to look around, you'll see that in many cases, the results are not what you're predicting. Somehow, for almost a century,...
I'm wearing my black hat. I'm going to be the bad guy. What you all are saying is that we do not have breed of cattle. We have a bunch of animals that are...
Charlotte, We have the same in Canada, other than the non eligibility for registration of animals that have unacceptable white markings. In the wording of the...
Charlotte, et al: you are all focused on cosmetic traits. What about those appalling udders that look like a wet brown paper bag, no attachment worth...
Hehe, me too! ..marion ... eligibility ... In ... if ... pasture, ... identifying ... the ... measured, ... registration ... development ... by ... significant...
- hey, charlie, this will probably be a red rag to a shortleg bull, but: yes, pretty much, because you won't get very many animals that can meet it, and if...
You're not the only one wearing a black hat CJ. When I told my husband about this thread (and showed him a picture of John Potter's calf) he said "Of course a...
How long ago was it that red became a popular color? At first there weren't that many red Dexters. How many red heifers or even red bulls do you suppose went...
... Marion, He sure would have to go through a quarantine and testing period. It's expensive, too. I'm not having Brenn collected for international sale ...
... A registry doesn't destroy OR make a breed, the breeder does. When it comes right down to it is simply a tool for registration. Nina -- Don and Nina...
... And the difference between a GOOD breeder and one in it just for the money....is to be picky with or without the standard! ... Nina -- Don and Nina...
...and be a magnet for success! Have your next meeting or event be a learning experience that's engaging and lively! Give them immediate marketing tools to...
Tell that to the Germans. C. J. Welle Sybaritic Time Sandy, Utah _____ From: dextercattle2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dextercattle2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
The standard is the little angel sitting on the shoulder of the breeder as he/she make decisions. C. J. Welle Sybaritic Time Sandy, Utah _____ From:...
Brenn passed his final test today with flying colors. This last test was to see how well the semen survived being frozen and thawed out. I can start selling...
cj, if you say that any bull throwing polled calfs is a keeper then you are wrong. i have butchered at least 10 polled bull calves in the last 2 years. i sell...
My point was that when some characteristic is newly popular a lot of folks tend to lower their criteria for keeping animals. That you butchered those polled...
... cattle. ... C. J., I'm with you and Gene on this one. The first thing I look at to identify my cattle is their horns. Each one has slightly different ...
The Germans are considered "wardens" of a breed, not a registry. Much different. Also, interesting to note that even with their strict guidance, we get as...
If the standard is wrong or the original breeding stock harbors a defective gene, the system will perpetuate that defect just as effectively as it will the...
Wouldn't matter if they did. There are unscrupulous breeders who will (do) switch the medical info to get the registration or the better price or the ...
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