My new herd - Very small herd of very small cows!

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:39 am

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! :;):

Duncan MacIntyre · Post by **Duncan MacIntyre** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:56 am

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

Anna · Post by **Anna** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:01 am

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..

Post by **Mark Bowles** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:27 am

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

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:34 pm

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

Kirk- Cascade Herd US · Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:47 pm

Wanting to see your new animals, I posted photo instructions in a separate topic. Let me know if you have any problems.

Kirk

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:07 pm

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

Kirk- Cascade Herd US · Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:02 pm

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

Rob R · Post by **Rob R** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:08 pm

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.

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:16 pm

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

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:27 pm

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. ???

Issy · Post by **Issy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:54 pm

They are lovely Saffy :D .

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:41 am

Well done Stephanie I look forward to future posts informing us of progress.

Martin

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:48 am

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

Rob R · Post by **Rob R** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:47 pm

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