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Polled Hereford, sorry

I have my pig pen right next to my beehives. I only have this issue when there aren't any puddles or other water sources for the bees to get their water from. If you fill the bottom of a shallow ceramic pot or old plastic dish with rocks and fill with some water but allow the rocks to stick out...

HI, I have Dexter's also, I am new to it as well. Always had Pollard Heifers. They say that this breed actually gets better with age. So your safe to butcher her. I watch JUST A FEW ACRES on YOUTUBE, he's excellent resource for knowledge on this breed. Good Luck.

Thanks for posting. I would be interested, but its too far to ship. MO to RI is a little far. LOL. Good luck and keep me posted on when they sell please. thanks, LD

THANKS Yes, I already have a local farmer ready to go with the AI. just waiting for the Mom to be in standing heat again.

Well, meet the herd. Momma and her off spring. the bottom photo is Oshi, the middle is Oliver and top is her heifer Ovida. All registered Dexter's. They settled in nicely right into their new home. The mom is 6, heifer is 14 months, and the steere is 3 months old. raising him for the...

Thanks for the feed back. I understand location is everything. I am not planning on selling the meat for more money, Just looking for something different. And yes, in my area grass feed makes a difference. I wanted a registered base to start with and I will be using the registered cows to breed...

the cows I am getting are on the left. I don't believe the 2 month old steer is in the picture. The State of RI requires a health certificate and their vet won't be out to their farm until September 8th. So that following weekend I will be picking them up. That's when you will see the...

What type of minerals would you recommend for Dexter's????? Does anyone not use them, and why not? Just looking for information. Thanks, Larry

LOL, it did happen, but they can't get the heifer certified until the Sept. 8 when the vet can make it out to there place. I will post ASAP.

Thanks for the reply. It turns out you are correct. It depends on the area. That is good deal around here according to a couple of farms I spoke with, especially because of how calm the cows are. The momma cow is halter trained and up to about a few months ago, was milked regularly. So anyway...

I have reached out to other farms within 250 miles, but no one has gotten back to me yet. But that is my plan. Thanks, Larry

OK, so I went and visited one of the farms listed. The Dexter's look pretty good. The only concern was the mom cow was wheezing a little, but it might have been the heat. They are asking $3300.00 for three. Momma cow, one of her heifers', and her latest steer from this year. Not sure if...

Great idea. Thanks again. Larry

Thank you so much. That is much closer to me and they are registered. I will be looking into today. Have a great day. Larry

RI is so small, if you fire a rifle in any direction, it will end up out of the state before it stops. LOL Good luck with the new Dexter and please keep me updated on its progress.

Sounds like you have a nice place. If you ever make it to RI, please let me know. You are always welcome here. I am blessed with 33 acres of land, but mostly wooded. I do hunt here. Believe or not the deer are very big around here and we can hunt 7 days a week form September 15- January 30...

Hello Baymule. where in TX are you? I bet your town is bigger than my whole state. LOL. It is tough to make a living farming here in rock laden RI. I am farming part time, I am a contractor by trade. We raised Hereford years ago, but everyone has them and Angus around here. I wanted...

Wow, your a fountain of information. I have sent emails out to several of these contacts. I should have said I was in RI, I am new to Dexter's, we had Hereford in the past. I tried the ADCA and had no luck, but I should have Craig's listed them. Don't care much for Craig's list, but I am...