Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Ben
Does leaving calves to wean naturally affect their weights?

Clive Thank you for the suggestions - yes I'm beginning to think it best not to bother with having her for the freezer - just too many complications and long journeys. She is a big long-leg with a lot of meat on her and she's not at all fat. What's involved in opting for ABP/Jerrets etc - do we just...

Thank you for the replies. I've spoken to one abattoir that takes over 72 month cattle. They can only hang for a few days then de-bone and vac pack in primal cuts, for transfer to a butcher for cutting up for the freezer. Does beef continue to age in vac packs - we were hoping to dry hang for 28 day...

Could any one advise if/where we could have a 73 month old female killed and prepared for the freezer? We are on Cambridgeshire Lincolnshire border. I think I have read on here before that they still eat well at that age ? She was cystic when we bought her, and we have not managed to get her pregnan...

These are our four dexters. We bought them as our first dexters last year when the (heifer) calves were both 5 months old. We would very much appreciate advice/opinions on these? The calves Bonnie and Midnight had the same sire. Midnight has just never stopped growing and is now the same height as ...

Our first winter with Dexters, they are in a straw yard with a shelter. Having fed them hay plus mineral bucket all winter, they have thrived but we can only now access haylage. Started them on it this week and they love it, but we're told this could be risky for pregnant cows - something about mak...

Clive That's really helpful thank you. The steer was not one of ours - we havn't produced any yet - we only have cows and their heiffer calves, but we'll be calving this Spring so hopefully we'll then have some to bring on. Our only grass field at present is un-improved permanent pasture, but we so...

We started keeping a few Dexter cows with calves last year, and are eating our way through a half a steer which we have in the freezer, which we bought at the same time. The steaks are absolutely the best we've ever tasted, but the odd one can be very chewy, as are many of the joints, although flav...

PS. We also are in the HLS scheme and converted arable back to grassland. The cost of the latter came as a big surprise because of how much damage the arable had done to the soil. It was totally drained. W're now in year five and still paying out and coaxing the land back to life. Many thanks for t...