Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:52 pm
Happy New Year All,
I recently took one of our bulls to a local family who wanted to hire him to serve the four Dexter cows which they had bought a year or so ago. I asked for details of the pedigrees so that I could check which of our bulls was most suitable.
Unfortunately, although the animals had been sold as pedigree the vendor had only provided one green pedigree card. On checking I found that the pedigree corresponded to an ear tag on a black cow even though the pedigree states that she should be red. I have tried the ear tag numbers on the Dexter Cattle Society web page but no matches were found (except for the black/red cow). To help these people out and to encourage them to join the society are there any other steps which can be taken? The cattle are all short and clearly are Dexters but can their pedigree be re-established in any way?
The vendor is a local member so I suppose a call might be worth a try although the mis-tagged animal issue doesn't fill me with confidence.
Regards,
Malcolm.
I recently took one of our bulls to a local family who wanted to hire him to serve the four Dexter cows which they had bought a year or so ago. I asked for details of the pedigrees so that I could check which of our bulls was most suitable.
Unfortunately, although the animals had been sold as pedigree the vendor had only provided one green pedigree card. On checking I found that the pedigree corresponded to an ear tag on a black cow even though the pedigree states that she should be red. I have tried the ear tag numbers on the Dexter Cattle Society web page but no matches were found (except for the black/red cow). To help these people out and to encourage them to join the society are there any other steps which can be taken? The cattle are all short and clearly are Dexters but can their pedigree be re-established in any way?
The vendor is a local member so I suppose a call might be worth a try although the mis-tagged animal issue doesn't fill me with confidence.
Regards,
Malcolm.