Hello all, We just had our first Dexter baby born on our farm, a little black heifer born at 5:30pm, Mom and baby doing well. She is letting the whole...
We delivered some horses to Daybreak Horse Park @ 700 Day Break Dr. in Hanson Ky and this was what we saw of there horses they have on there farm. They are all...
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Eileen, Congratulations!! We just bought 2 cows with heifer calves and one bred heifer. I can't wait to start training one of the mamas to be milked by hand....
Our girls calved in May and July, first timers. Bearing in mind that we can get our first frosts in early September, and may have snow cover from mid November...
Your situation weatherwise is similar to mine. My bull is coming home today and I plan to have '07 calves next August or September, more probably August, the...
Hi Glenn; I am in Eastern Ontario and cows calve all year around in this area. As a matter of fact most beef farmers like to calve in winter to spring...
Rhonda They are very easy to train for milking. we started out with ours at four months, just rubbing them all over and touching the teats. The very next day...
Glen My husband is planning on breeding her back now for a late fall calf. My little girl is more of dun than red I think, it is so hard to tell right now. I...
The red is hidden; so while your cow and bull appear to be black they are red/black. My cows, Daisy and Dinah, carry the hidden red and when bred to a red...
You got me! What I meant to write was that half the calves are red and half the calves are black. In 2004 and 2005 we got one red and one black. This year...
... I knew exactly what you meant and I am sure everyone else did too, just had to tease you. ... Nina -- Don and Nina Cipriani Rattle Creek Farm Abingdon VA...
Have you had them DNA tested for the Dun Factor? A black can carry both red and dun and so a black cow that's "Half Black / Half Red" can also be "Half Dun"...
Okay all you experienced dexter people. My heifer who calved on Wed is off feed. She is taking care of baby fine, but when she is laying around she is ...
Hi Everyone! Ruby has not been able to get her emails to go thru to the group, so she asked me to post this ad for her... "Have several registered Dexters for...
The best advice: call your vet. It's been days and your cow still doesn't look right. Anything you try to treat her with at this point may only mask what's...
Please forward this to anyone near enough to attend. Thanks ... From: Allan Balliett To: soilandhealth@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 5:15 AM ...
Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on aFamily Farm Mad Sheep by Linda Faillace reviewed by Chris Walters for ACRES Most people remember the...
maybe someone should send this story to farm aid. ... From: Margaret L Wilson To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:42 AM Subject:...
This may be an odd request, but I am updating my bloglines account and wanted to add some homesteading blogs. What are some you read? Or your own? Thank...
This afternoon my ram came up to the hay manger with a bloody ear. When I looked closer, sure enough the crappy ear tag was gone and his ear was torn. The big...
My Shetlands have tiny ears and tiny eartags but it doesn't make any difference how tiny the tags are they still rip out. I have two tiny little heifers this...
Hi Margaret. I hate eartags too. I dont know what U.S. requirements are, but in Canada they have to have the ID tag when they leave the property of origin. I...
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