Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Well, I have sold all my Dexters but one small steer. He will go in sometime this fall. After 7 years I had to admit that I don't have the necessary grass and infrastucture for them. I was also getting really tired mucking out every day in the winter! I had no problem selling my heifers and I had f...

You can also do bridge-grafting which uses longer scion wood with both ends slipped under the bark. I don't know how wide a barkless strip you can bridge, never tried it. My Dexters love tree bark and have killed many trees up to the 8" diameter size, maybe more. My Shetland sheep are as good ...

Our straw here has to come from Alberta or Washington State so it costs a fortune (50-60 lb. bales for around $11.00 last year; don't know what it will be this year). Prices have gone up everywhere because of the cost of fuel going way up. We usually bed with sawdust/shavings but because of sawmill...

So far today I have gotten about 1 litre into him in two feedings. He is not interested in sucking either his mom or the bottle. In fact, he will hardly swallow so it takes a long time to trickle in the milk. Otherwise, he is alert and mom keeps all the milk splashes on his coat cleaned up. I guess...

Thanks, Colin. That puts it about 280 ml per feed for 8 feeds. This could be a long day. Clive, he hardly sucks on the finger. The thing that puzzles me, is that he can suck because occasionally he goes to it so he must not have any physical impediment. As he gains in strength, might his sucking re...

I may be posting twice, but here's it over again.... The calf I mentioned previously that couldn't stand up is now walking around but doesn't seem willing/able to suck even though it did when it was an hour old. I may have gotten about 1 litre of colostrum done its throat today (it is two days old ...

My heifer calved at 10 pm and although it was a really easy calving, the calf had taken in a lot of liquid so he sounded pretty congested. As I have no aspirator (which I assume is what you would use) I could only keep wiping his nose and trying to get him to sneeze. Pity you can't swing a calf lik...

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This morning, at approximately 7:00 am PDT, about 250 ml of milk was extracted from first-time milker, Fairbridge Evie by novice dairy maid, Kathy Millar. Ms. Millar commented that she would have milked a bit more except that her back was starting to hurt and the calf, Miss Mouse, had already taken...

I thought I would start a new "milking" thread just to get some ideas on details. I would be interested in knowing what other people use to clean their milk bucket and other utensils. My friend is using an iodine solution that is sold for use in the pubs for washing glasses. Also, what do...

Thanks, Beryl, for the article. I have copied it out as I feel this would be the best way to go. It remains to be seen who can milk the fastest, the calf or me! :D I looked at portable milking machines and they are as expensive as I thought they would be. There is a neat little gadget for sale in t...

I went to my first "milking" lesson today at a friend's who had bought a heifer from me about 3 years ago. It was really neat milking "my" cow. We discussed milk let down and I was wondering if any of you had any thoughts and/or ideas on this topic. My friend takes the calf away...