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 ...
For those who give feed other than grass / hay - What do you use? Specifically :-) And if you get it anywhere other than your local feed store / TSC, where?...
Hi Danielle Cotton seed is a good source for cattle, 24% protein and it comes in its own natural protective packaging. You don't want the gin trash as that...
I've thought of planting a few little stands of corn, for strip grazing. My cattle will pass thru an area every 90 days or so. Do you think this would work...
believe me they love pea stalks. I tried several small patches w/corn last year and they were forever breaking into the areas to steal. once they learned they...
That's cute! By swim.... you mean that the areas were separated by a pond or they laid on their sides & worked their way under the fence? I'll have to set the...
no they swam across the pond. a narrow strip of land connects the two areas that strip was fenced. they also pushed down the barbed wire fence and went through...
Lots of Yahoo groups don't allow attachments. I cut that ability in my groups last year when the virus went thru. Puppies are always cute tho! Evelyn SoCal &...
Hi Ev May I suggest feed plots. Yes strip grazing will work. Depending on the number of cattle you have dictates the size of your feed plot. Each rotational...
Thanks Dirk, I'm not clear on the difference between strip grazing & feed plots? I plan to keep my numbers small. I have 7 cows (that do or will have babies...
Those are much cuter than most puppies!!! Evelyn SoCal & SWC Missouri If the troops come home now... so will the war. Maybe the reason History repeats itself...
Hi All, Just wondered if anyone knew of, owned, sold, or had any idea who may own, or could be willing to part with any AI Straws of Rhea of Sunshine. On a...
It is a technical difference only, depending on how you have your place set up. You strip graze. I will rotate pastures once the cross fencing is in place....
Hi All, I have spent the last few days updating the _www.DexterCattle4Sale.net_ (http://www.dextercattle4sale.net/) website. My XP Laptop crashed and...
Hi All, I have spent the last few days updating the _www.DexterCattle4Sale.net_ (http://www.dextercattle4sale.net/) website. My XP Laptop crashed and...
Does anyone here have experience milking a horned dexter? We're getting ready to set up a milking area and looking for stanchion ideas. Can we just build a...
I milk 3 horned Dexters. One, Caitriona, only goes in a wide stanchion. The other 2, Ruth and Autumn Angel, turn their heads to get their horns in. Ruth and...
... stanchion. ... horns in. ... stanchion. ... Larry, You beat me to it with your reply, but I'm glad, because yours made me laugh. Genebo Paradise Farm...
You can accommodate her horns some but typically the cow knows how to turn her head to get her horns through the stanchion. Years ago back on the farm we had...
My cattle all have to put their heads through a narrow space between the boards to eat out of the hay manger. They just automatically tilt their head to one...
Margaret ... From: Aquila Ranch To: Oregon_against_NAIS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:55 AM Subject: [SPAM][Oregon_against_NAIS] REPOST:...
ELMWOOD MACKOY UK#5294 On the rear cover of the winter UK Bulletin, ( the UK quarterly Dexter breed publication) can be found a photo of the FIRST Original...
I just got home tonight from visiting son and family. It is in my stack of mail. Shall I open it or just throw the damned thing away? I am getting really...
Thanks for the info! I'm glad to know we don't have to reinvent the wheel when it comes time for milking. -Joanna [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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