Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

We have just had our first animal go off to the abbatoir, he was a 27 month non short steer that should have gone a couple of months back in reality. I was quite pleased with him, thinking he was well grown etc and as we are selling him to a local butcher thought we would do quite well. However, on...

Hi all We are about to have our first steer done ready to sell. The butcher at the abbotoir mentioned about the labelling on the meat. As we are selling direct to the public using a 'box' system does anybody know how we would stand about labelling. Do we need to mark it up with a best before date a...

To move cattle from your holding to say some 'grass keep', even if it is the next field, that you may have rented, you will either have to do a pre-movement test or you need to take up 'sole occupancy'. To do this contact your vet as they deal with it, they will come and inspect the premises and co...

Hi all, I have heard whispers here and there regarding the increase of cattle rustling although I have not seen any actual reports. Can anybody tell if they have heard of anything more 'concrete' rather than just rumours? I have a herd of 30 Dexters that includes several reds and duns which in some...

When we had any Holsteins calve that resulted in the calf retaining fluid, we always hung it over a gate. Be sure to get the top rail just in front the hips, in what would be the natural bend of the body, let it hang there for a few minutes, all the fluid will drain away. also it is something that ...

In the hedgerows surrounding our fields we have several mature oak trees. Some of our Dexters browsed on the fallen acorns last year without any apparent problems, I have heard of other breeds of cattle getting Acorn poisoning but was wondering if anybody has heard of any instances where Dexters ha...

This an interesting topic, as this is a route we are about to go down ourselves. We have about 24 acres of our own and rent a further 38. We live about 12 miles away in a rented house, never owned our own home, it was a tied cottage until my husband was made redundant, now we have to pay for the pl...

Hi, just wondering if anybody can help me with the colour of newborn calves. I am quite new to Dexter’s; in fact we have just had our 6th calf born on our premises. The latest two were born last week, the first a heifer calf, born to a red mum (the bull is black but has a lot of red in his backgrou...

Hi Lewis, I can see you have lots of advice to go on with. I have only trained dairy cows and a Dexter, but we generally start them by letting them first get used to having a halter on, just put it on and loop the ends around so it doesn’t drag then let the loose in a box or barn. When they are qui...

Hi all, this is the first time I have put anything on the discussion board, but I do try to look at it on a regular basis. We have only had dexters for about a year, we currently have 17 animals which includes cows and calves. On the whole we think we are getting along well with them, taking time t...