Hello, my name is Teresa. I am a new member on this list...I also belong to the American Dexter list. I am mainly thinking about a dexter as a milk cow....
1 mo old, deposit to hold until weaning. Would love to hold onto her but this is my first calf out of this bull so i'm not ready to part with him yet. Out of...
I would love to hear more. I have a dexter/angus heifer and a dexter/angus/jersey heifer that I can not breed to my bull. They are both coming a year this...
It depends on whether you want the heifers to be pregnant or not. Seriously, Dexters are precocious and I have heard of bull calves impregnating cows or...
Yes I would like him to breed the heifers. They are all a year old and he shows no sign of wanting to breed them. The older heifer of the three is more...
I would separate them for a few more months. Heifers are not usually bred until they are at least 15 months old so that they have their first calf as a two...
My rule of thumb is to breed at 15 months to freshen at two years. If the bull isn't paying much attention to the heifers, it may be because they are already...
There is still time to send comments regarding NAIS to the APHIS if you have not done so. I recommend that you read the latest documents before commenting...
One of our Dexter bulls went for a one way ride. He came home today in little white packages. No grain; just alfalfa/grass hay. At not yet 22 months old the...
Hi, I live in north arkansas looking for a bred heffer or young bull calf and heffer calves. they do not have to be registered. If anyone knows of some in my...
Thanks for sharing the info. Got one going Thursday. Remember me asking about temperament problems in a young bull, last year??? I opted to put him in his...
We have one headed that way too, but it's a steer not a bull... he's been on grain for the past three months with alfalfa/grass hay mixed with it. Patty...
Why any grain? Feed grain in any amounts is going to drastically lower the amount of CLA (conjugated linoleic acids) in the meat. We need CLAs for our immune...
We feed grain in any beef cattle for the texture and flavor. I'm at Ohio State University studing livestock science with a specialty in Beef Nutrition. We...
How did you ascertain that it wasn't lowered? What sort of tests were run? There are other studies that say quite the opposite. Just curious, as I am always...
I confess. Part of my big "no grain" plan relates to my keeping cows and steers together. The cows would be fat as little porkers if they had access to...
Melinda, I am very interested in corresponding with you about feed for cattle. I live in the Mojave Desert and have no pasture. I would like to find out about...
The vote has been moved to next week. Please call !!! Please call your congressmen, and request their vote for "Ron Paul's Amendment to HR 5384", which...
I sent you an e-mail earlier I forgot to mention that I could possibly deliverer Don Broadston jerry <jerb2006@...> wrote: Hi, I live in north arkansas...
Hello, I apologize for interrupting, Do you have any Dexter's for sale? What color?, short legs?, price?, heifers?, bulls?, cows?, bred?, calves? We are...
With all the talk about beef animals, just thought I'd share some info on our dairy Dexter. She freshened Feb. 7 and was feed all the hay she could eat plus...
This is interesting. I'm considering getting some milkers, but time is at a premium here. I farm alone, have a third acre garden and an 18 x 24 greenhouse,...
Susan, I am considering a green house and would like to grow plants to sell. I grow my own tomatoes, peppers and lettuce in my basement window with a rack and...
When a cow freshens she produces milk for the calf. If you allow the calf to do the milking it nurses several times a day. If you take the milk you have to...
Dorpers and Dexters sounds like a good combination. I have cross bred sheep that are mostly Dorper and my Dexters. I have two cows and a bull plus two steers...
Thanks for your reply, C.J. More for me to mull on! I do love animals, and I would like the companionship as much as anything, to say nothing of that great...
I am finding Dorper's to be very prolific, I had a first time ewe give triplets this spring. I can't really feed them together as the sheep will climb into the...
Susan - Dexters are the least fussiest cows you can ask for. They'll graze and browse on stuff other cows won't even look at. They really are efficient...
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