Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Hi Inger, Finnegan was definitely non-short..marion

JohnO, It would be helpful if you would let on just what you would like us to learn from the last two bull pictures. Thanks, marion

On the issue of red in North American Dexters of Woodmagic origin, I have heard, though stand to be corrected if I am wrong, that initally after the Woodmagic imports progeny which were Dun were registered as Red. Duncan Hi Duncan, The WM imports into Canada were relatively recent (1978 I think), a...

Hi, Not sure how long ago Beryl thought she had lost her red, but one of the Woodmagic heifers imported into Canada carried red. She was Woodmagic Parula's Warbler 2nd born in September 1977: Sire - WM Squirrel 2nd GBM2072, Dam - WM Parula's Warbler GBF8715..marion

Inger, our merchandising officer, who shared in the importation of HSR4 straws, had a red calf by him first up. We were all surprised and delighted, way back then, including Carol. Margaret I bred my red cow to Hiyu SR4 for her first calf. I was so excited when she calved. It was at night and in th...

Hi Inger. Yes there is a lot of variation in red and also dun. The story as I heard it, was that in the US when they got dun, they thought it was red, so as there was no way to tell what they acually were, the records for the ones registered as red were later altered to read red/dun. You can tell a...

We only assume Woodmagic Wheatear was a carrier. We can't know for sure because she hasn't been tested. If Wheatear was a carrier her dam could have been also, possibly. We presume the sire wasn't a carrier because there'd be more evidence if he was. We assume Wheatear's offspring were sired by the...

Hi Margaret, That's interesting, because I have had lots and lots of my Dexters born at 274-275 days, and a few sooner than that. If I remember correctly the longest gestation was 287..heifer from an older cow, but most just don't go as long as the tables say they should. There is of course, a lot ...

OK, now this thread is a few days old..I'm going to snort and guffaw....Minus 6 or so is NOT cold :laugh: 'Cold' is when the very air is frozen and takes the breath out of your throat and immobilizes your nose-hairs, and unheated water tubs freeze SOLID, and chain saws must be used to cut through t...

Margaret, I took a look at the Canadian online herdbook and here are some of the long-lived Woodmagic animals: Plover 2nd lived from Sept.1977 to October 1994, Wheatear April 1977 to October 1996, Mourning Dove 2nd Msrch 1977 to June 1996, Zephyr's Dodo October 1977 to October 1994, Morillon 3rd Se...