Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Unfortunately we experienced something similar a few years ago, a three month old heifer calf suddenly started walking stiffly, with a scissor like gait, the vet could not find a cause or obvious site of injury, she did not recover and I am sorry to say I had to have her slaughtered. Ann lea Wheele...

Have a look at the outwintering/forage topic started in November 2009. As Clive says we feed Maris Kesteral to our Dexters every year, together with silage. They love it and do well on it. Establishment can be a problem, especially weeds so you might need to use a pre emergence Herbicide. Pigeons c...

We made a false floor for our calf crate out of 3/4 inch ply. Height is no more than 20cms. The crate came with a piece of 2 inch black webbing which is attached to the top of right side of the crate, we pass the belly strap under the belly of the calf and then attach to a metal prong on the top of...

There has been a lot of adverse publicity in the farming press about Chinese Lanterns. They have caused fires in standing corn when they have come down still alight and death in farm animals when they have come down in mowing grass and have been inadvertently baled up in the forage. We live near a ...

We dehorn a large number of non Dexters plus 20 Dexters a year, so far, touch wood, we have never had a problem but we always use the belly strap and have an extra pair of eyes and hands at the rear end to guard against them going down. I think the danger is when they are young and low down in the ...

The Westwold grass is planted at the end of March after the field has been ploughed and the Kale the end of June after the grass sward has been burnt off with Glyphosate. While the Kale is germinating and growing is the difficult time, weeds can be a problem and pigeons can be a nuisance. the Westw...

No Clive we have not had a problem with tainting. But the Kale is not their only food source. It would be far too high a protein diet. At the moment 25 are getting through a round bale of silage every 3/4 days as well. The longest they will be on the Kale is 14 weeks. Last year we killed three stra...

We have just got back from Stoneleigh, the venue for this years Agrilive Smithfield. We were very pleased to see the Dexter Cattle Society had a stand along side some of the larger cattle societies, the stand was manned by our president Di Smith. We had been disappointed that the Society was not re...

We outwinter 50 Dexters, 25 will be on a 1.54 hectare field of Maris Kesteral Kale. The headlands are left as grass where we site large pads of straw for lying areas. The electric fence is moved one metre every day and they have access to water and a ring feeder of silage. By March the field is plo...

Forget clamp silage unless you are prepared to spend a lot of money on a new clamp with effluent storage - NVZ rules. No need to plough anything up, unless the ley is worn out. We make big bale silage the third week of May when the grass is at its best quality, wilted for 24 hours. The clover silag...