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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:39 am
by Saffy
I am ridiculously chuffed, over the moon etc!
At very long last I have bought some dexters.
Ok not that many, an older but beautiful dun cow with a black bull calf at foot, that will hopefully also be in calf and a very nice black yearling heifer. Do you reckon that constitutes a herd?
As I am going away for a couple of weeks I won't take delivery until well into August - I can't wait. :D
Stephanie
P.S. If someone would be kind enough to tell me in idiot proof terms how to put a photo on I could show off my purchases! :;):
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:56 am
by Duncan MacIntyre
Congratulations, we all will be looking forward to a blow by blow account of the forming moments of the herd. Definitely a herd.
Sorry I am not too good at putting photos on, have tried a few times and failed so I am hoping someone gives on line idiot proof instructions.
Duncan
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:01 am
by Anna
Saffy, your new topic created a big smile on my face! That almost did hurt after many days of frowning over the never ending rain..
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:27 am
by Mark Bowles
Well done Saffy, i must say you have done lots of research and took your time. From your post it could read that you are expecting the bull calf to be in calf!!!!!! Have you missed the basics.
Did you buy off this site?
Mark
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:34 pm
by Saffy
Hi Duncan,
It is a good job you are looking forward to a blow by blow account of my "forming herd" because you are definately going to get one!
Anna, I have been smiling constantly for days now see :D :D
Mark, er um, could have put that better, cow will hopefully be in calf and has a bull calf at foot. I didn't actually buy cattle that were in "Dexter Cattle For Sale" section but someone contacted me from the advert I put in your wanted section and I bought from her herd. So my purchase WAS a direct result of this site. Thankyou.
Stephanie
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:47 pm
by Kirk- Cascade Herd US
Wanting to see your new animals, I posted photo instructions in a separate topic. Let me know if you have any problems.
Kirk
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:07 pm
by Saffy
Photographs I hope!!!
If its worked the one above is Woodmagic Palm Chat and the one below is Woodmagic Mallard 8th
Kirk, when I preview I only see a red cross so I am not sure about this at all but fingers crossed!.....It hasn't worked has it? Rats !
Do you know what I did wrong? If not can I email the photos to you and would you post them for me?
Stephanie
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:02 pm
by Kirk- Cascade Herd US
In your post while editing, do you see the url for your image? Is it sandwiched between two "IMGs in brackets? " Copy the URL in your reply so I can see it. It should look like this (but sandwiched between "IMG" in brackets"
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z221 ... 007024.jpg
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:08 pm
by Rob R
The problem you have is that the http:// is automatically entered by the system when you have pasted your photo, so you need to delete the first http://
http://http//i196.photobucket.com/album ... CT0288.jpg
to become:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa24 ... CT0288.jpg
which should work, as you've found.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:16 pm
by Saffy
The one above is Woodmagic Palm Chat, at about 13 years.
The one below is Woodmagic Mallard 8th, about 1 year.
It worked....no idea what I did wrong before ....thanks Kirk!!! :;):
Stephanie
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:27 pm
by Saffy
This is MY "ideal" foundation cow with her companion and their calves.
Thanks Kirk and Rob.
Stephanie - Don't know what I did wrong before. ???
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:54 pm
by Issy
They are lovely Saffy :D .
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:41 am
by Martin
Well done Stephanie I look forward to future posts informing us of progress.
Martin
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:48 am
by Saffy
Thanks everyone for your kind words.
We are off to Norway next week, so I'm not taking delivery until after we get back, there will be more posts then. I can't wait to get them home and see them in my own fields! Although I will keep them in for a few days until they settle, my fences are pretty impervious, I have heard about the dexter and its legendary homing instinct!!!
I wonder if we will see any Dexters in Norway? Will take a photo if we do and of course share it on here now I know how to do it. Thank you again Kirk and haven't we had lots of lovely pictures now we all know how to do it!!!
Stephanie
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:47 pm
by Rob R
When I went down to Devon, via Herefordshire, we saw a field of Dexters in the little bit of Wales we passed through- just happened to have the herdbook in the van; it was like Dexter-trainspotting! :D
