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There is a lot of good advice here. I have been breeding Dexters going on 14 years and run a herd of about 30 head, all of which are polled. You will definitely want to go and visit several breeders if possible. I do know of a breeder in Oregon that produces very nice dual purpose Dexters the...

Don't let some of this forum put you off to the possibility of the Dexter breed. I have been raising them for about 12 years here in Texas. What you put into an animal is what you will get out of an animal. My neighbor who used to have a commercial herd has now switched over to Dexters. The...

Taurus what is it that you don't understand about my comment? Glad to hear you hauled off the rotten apples, we don't need them in our breed. However if you are judging the breed as a whole on some bad apples and breeders then you would also have to do that with every breed of cattle.

Thought I would jump on into this conversation since I have been a Dexter breeder for over 12 years. Yes Dexters are a niche market, plain and simple we just don't have the numbers of animals that other breeds do. Yes we have genetic defects, but tell me what breed doesn't. Heck the last few...

ArmyDoc, how the heck are you doing??? Are you back in the states yet? Sorry folks for going off topic. Barb

Your right djinwa can't say as I've ever seen any Dexters with butts like the top picture you posted of the Lowline, but than again Dexters are dual purpose, I don't think you can really say that about Lowines, I consider them a small beef breed. I guess if the lowlines had great udders and milk...

Djinwa, I think you probably got you hands on a bad Dexter, might be worth you while to give them another try. I have sold bull calves this year that were going to be crossed with Jerseys, less milk more beef. Of coarse I'm partial to Dexters, I breed only polled reds...

We have a few of the rollers here, but they're scarce. Mostly we have the ones that go vertical, and they do a bang up job a demolishing a pile. Used to use Ivomec but switched to Cydectin to hopefully keep them around. I have a picture of one rolling a ball almost three times his size, got so...

Another update. The owner of the dealership called us last night and said they will replace the bed of the truck. It will be ready next week. We did not ask for a loaner because we have an extra truck, but if it was needed I would have fought for that also. I'm sure this is not over, we'll...

The saga continues. After a week with our truck hitch supposedly being changed out, we called the dealership to find out what was going on. They told us that they are now at war with the subcontractor over this whole incident. So they took the truck back to their own body shop to work on...

Well here's where things stand. We already had paid for the Linex liner which they are going to remove and redo after they install the correct hitch. Hubby will crawl under and make sure (as best he can) everything looks ok. If we don't like what we see, they will buy it back or exchange it...

Need some advice.... We bought a new 2008 F250, gave the dealership all the specs on what kind of gooseneck hitch we wanted installed. When we went to pick it up and upon examining everything, I suddenly heard my husband yelling #@%*# (bad words) for all to hear. I went over to see what was...

Oldtimer, Is that an old sickle bar mower in the backround on the second picture?

I think it might help if you put a good quality protein tub out also. My Dexters do just fine on free choice hay & tubs, even through the drought. Here is a link to the "The New Dexter Bulletin Board". You'll get help there also. http://www.dakodan.net/dexters/forum

Great subject, I would also like to hear about other breed associations and there stance on genetic defects. If an animal is proven to be a carrier what is required as far as reporting this information: 1. voluntary disclosure 2. mandatory disclosure 3. none Does this information also...