Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

I have just come out of hospital after being in all weekend having an operation on my back. I have to say iam disappointed with what i have been reading on the posts regarding the EGM. Everybody will have different views on council matters but can't we find a bit of common ground and just thiink ab...

Hi all, I have just turned my four heifers and a steer out, they had a quick look round didn't bother the horses and looked as though they had'nt been off grass, They had been outside all winter though in my outdoor arena which has a woodchip surface i don't know if this made a difference as they h...

Hi Sylvia I had this trouble once, what we did was load into a trailer then back the trailer up to the wagon which had got its ramp down get as close as you can then drop the ramp on the trailer, the loading gates opened out onto the ramp. Hey Presto cattle ran out of small dark trailer into the bi...

Hi everyone I recently took two heifers to the butchers and both of them had liver fluke and the livers were quite bad according to the butcher so he advised me to get the rest of mine wormed. As i had only had these heifers for a few months could this have come off my land or had they already got ...

Hi everyone We are in south derbyshire the weather here is also very warm i was mowing the lawn on sunday in my t shirt, it needed doing again after it was cut christmas week. We are on heavy clay here and the fields are dry enough to roll and chain harrow apart from two wet patches, i might get th...

My horses don't bother the dexters they ignore each other most of the time. The only time i have had a problem was when my horses were in a field with a friends cattle and winter feeding became a problem as the horses wouldn't let the cattle near the hay, but as you have electric fencing in between...

Hi everyone. I had my six heifers dehorned yesterday after much deliberation . The vet gave them all a local anaesthetic, It was bad enough getting them in the crush the first time then we had to bring them round again for the dehorning. Nobody told me that a dexter could clear a 5 ft fence with on...

Hi all How can you tell a dexter x from a purebred? One of my short heifers is a cross although side by side with a pure physically no difference can be seen, except the horn colour on the pure heifers cream horns black tips and the cross solid grey coloured horns. What do you think? Regards Ian Ho...

Hi all How can you tell a dexter x from a purebred? One of my short heifers is a cross although side by side with a pure physically no difference can be seen, except the horn colour on the pure heifers cream horns black tips and the cross solid grey coloured horns. What do you think? Regards Ian Ho...

Hi all If these photos work what do you think? Are my heifers any good for breeding or should they go for beef ? I would be interested in your comments. Regards Ian Hornsby http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/Ianhornsby/DSCF1133.jpg http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/Ianhornsby/DSCF1119.jp...