Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Season's Greetings and a Happy and Healthy New Year, from Eastern Ontario, Canada! I meant to add my wishes before Christmas but we had a little disaster in that our little cows have been sick. Unfortunately we lost our big girl but the others (fingers crossed!) seem to be holding their own. Loads ...

Season's Greetings and a Happy and Healthy New Year, from Eastern Ontario, Canada! I meant to add my wishes before Christmas but we had a little disaster in that our little cows have been sick. Unfortunately we lost our big girl but the others (fingers crossed!) seem to be holding their own. Loads ...

Hi Kathy; I take the calves off right away and hand feed. It is a bit of a chore sometimes but I found that my Dexters would not properly let milk down if they remembered their calf, not my imagination, I use a machine! Anyway it was/is also important for me to keep milking records. Anyway, the lit...

Hi Kathy; I take the calves off right away and hand feed. It is a bit of a chore sometimes but I found that my Dexters would not properly let milk down if they remembered their calf, not my imagination, I use a machine! Anyway it was/is also important for me to keep milking records. Anyway, the lit...

Four years ago when we researched what kind of cow would suit our little farm, both my husband and I decided on Dexters. This was based on reading everything available to us via the internet, mainly. Every Dexter Association, wordwide talks about their 'compact' dual purpose even 'tri-' as oxen. Al...

Four years ago when we researched what kind of cow would suit our little farm, both my husband and I decided on Dexters. This was based on reading everything available to us via the internet, mainly. Every Dexter Association, wordwide talks about their 'compact' dual purpose even 'tri-' as oxen. Al...

I guess that the reason that I am so interested in 'height', weight and size in general is that the compact, dual purposeness of the Dexter was what orriginally drew me to the breed as being the perfect 'house' cow for us. The efficiency of feed, manure and milk production of my 40" girl is in...

I guess that the reason that I am so interested in 'height', weight and size in general is that the compact, dual purposeness of the Dexter was what orriginally drew me to the breed as being the perfect 'house' cow for us. The efficiency of feed, manure and milk production of my 40" girl is in...

Hi Kathy: I think that you have to stop rewarding her with treats. I did that once from my hand with goats and they got so aggressive that they would knock me over looking for treats. I reward my heifer with her meal of grain in her baler while I brush her, after her daily leading session. She enjo...

Hi Kathy: I think that you have to stop rewarding her with treats. I did that once from my hand with goats and they got so aggressive that they would knock me over looking for treats. I reward my heifer with her meal of grain in her baler while I brush her, after her daily leading session. She enjo...

Not a wet blanket certainly Duncan. I was kind of afraid you were going to start in on me about 'the physiology of the cow' :;): Meaning it could never work! I maybe have hope. I mean think of horses...you wouldn't have to be spot on to see if there was a relationship. Even scientists use 'anecdota...

Not a wet blanket certainly Duncan. I was kind of afraid you were going to start in on me about 'the physiology of the cow' :;): Meaning it could never work! I maybe have hope. I mean think of horses...you wouldn't have to be spot on to see if there was a relationship. Even scientists use 'anecdota...

Ok at the risk of boring everyone, I am still on about this height measurement thing ??? Has anyone ever recorded the length of the cannon bone at birth through maturity to see if there was any correlation to the mature height. I don't have any new borns but I did check my 7 mo old heifer, who I am...

Ok at the risk of boring everyone, I am still on about this height measurement thing ??? Has anyone ever recorded the length of the cannon bone at birth through maturity to see if there was any correlation to the mature height. I don't have any new borns but I did check my 7 mo old heifer, who I am...