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Trip to NC with cows for sale and room on the trailer

FreedomDexters@... — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:19 GMT

We are delivering 2 Dexters to 2 different new homes in NC on November 30th. We have a few outstanding cows still available - they are on our website.., 1

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

dirk loren — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:24:56 GMT

AA rose by any other name Dirk Macaw Ranch Dawson Texas Dexter Cattle, Red Wattle Hogs, Kiko and Spanish Goats ________________________________ From: Gene

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

Gene — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:15:24 GMT

... That's not very clear what I meant to say. It's the Guernsey breed that tested best of all the commercial dairy breeds. Genebo Paradise Farm

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

Gene — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:05:55 GMT

... Neither one. Very few Jerseys have ever been tested. A lot of Guernseys have been. I believe that they tested the best of all the commercial dairy breeds,

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

CJ Welle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:39:53 GMT

I think my feelings are the same. My cows are carriers(HC) and I breed them to a non-carrier (HN) bull. Half the claves HN and half are HC. Last year we got

Calf Birth Weights

Christopher — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:36:20 GMT

I can tell you that with my cattle, that have Lucifer breeding, the farm average birth weight is 54.6 lbs. My bull Nova is around the 54 lb range for an

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

Gary Clark — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:59:09 GMT

... Carol, Thats interesting about the Lucifer birth weights. Our first two calves this year (bulls) weighed #55 (HotnHumid) and #52 (Tighe). Both were first

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

dirk loren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:33:29 GMT

Hi C I would never cross a first time heifer nor even a second time cow. I have a large cross section of goats breeds and sizes. The first and second timers

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

cddexter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:16 GMT

Hi Wendy, While paying attention to the size of the bull is a sensible thing to do, don't get carried away with it. Any Jersey bull would work just fine,

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

dirk loren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:29:25 GMT

Hey Gene I thought historically jerseys were all a2 or was that guernseys? Dirk Macaw Ranch Dawson Texas Dexter Cattle, Red Wattle Hogs, Kiko and Spanish Goats

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

Gene — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:12:26 GMT

Wendy, In all respects except for breeding to avoid bulldogs, you treat the short and long legged Dexters the same. The legs are the only significant

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

wendy s — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:11:27 GMT

Hey Dirk, thanks for all your thoughts on my "delima"... I've thought about breeding short to short.. I am not sure that I could ethically do that. personal

Re: suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

dirk loren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:12:13 GMT

Hi Wendy Breeding age is the same, and you could breed a Long to a Short. Primary reason to breed a carrier to a non carrier is to avoid a bull dog calf.

suitable bull for "short legged heifer"

wendy s — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:46 GMT

Hi all, I am just wondering about the short legged Dexter heifers .. at what age can they be bred? is it any different for a short legged one vs a long legged

Re: PHA results from Igenity - Update

cddexter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:35:38 GMT

gotcha.