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Ok, I browsed the thread and I'm tired of the Dexter bashing....To start, we have about 37 of them right now. Not one of them has ever given me a problem, except for one that a couple of summers ago thought it was funny to sneak up behind me and pull my shorts down to my ankles all the time...

Though she doesn't do it any longer, one of our Dexter cows (they're like our pets) learned how to come up to me in the pasture, grab my shorts and pull them down to my ankles. All summer long I had to go out holding the waist of my pants. She did it a couple of times when we had visitors...

I know someone once that cheated somebody out of some money. I think I heard somewhere that the stink stuff that goes in fly traps found it's way into the fresh air intakes of his car and truck.

Canoetrpr, You mentioned about just starting your herd....Be careful about your stocking rate, we are in Michigan, not so far away from you, and its been an exceptional year for grass until the last week or two when it got hot and dry. Hay is plentiful and cheap, prices are higher, and people...

They came out to see her first but they're not really very experienced. She's halter broke and very docile and friendly, and they wanted out of goats. I don't think they know what they are doing, and there are a whole bunch of "experts" that they are getting their advice from. We're going to...

We asked her to take some photos so we could see for ourselves. So far, we haven't had any sent to us. She presumably had some guy look at her and he said her teats were so atrocious she should be butchered. I just didn't see it. We told her we'll take her back and refund her money if she...

We recently sold a year old Dexter/Lowline Angus cross heifer. Now the new owner says that her teats are "deformed" in that they go across in a row from one side to the other. Quite frankly, we never crawled under her or rolled her over to look at the teat formation while we had her, and the...

I'd suggest Scottish Highland cattle. Save the money you'll spend on a barn with stalls and a loafing shed right now, and put it into good perimeter fencing, and then cross fencing for rotational grazing, and a good way to handle water both in summer for rotational grazing, and WINTER with an...

I have a different situation, our cattle are pastured in a large and long neglected apple orchard, that is still producing many apples. I was wondering how the apples may contribute to finishing the cattle in the fall if they are allowed to eat them free choice as they drop on the ground. I...

Not that many here need a reminder.... What are the opinions of the breed of bull ? http://www.wfmz.com/news/22699041/detail.html

Boy...I'm sure happy I'm up here in Michigan with all the snow you folks are getting down south!

I keep waiting for all the "experts" to weigh in... however nobody here seems to want to acknowledge themselves as "experts". Where are the "experts"? Maybe over on "sheep or goattoday.com"?

There was a sheep born in Turkey with human facial features. What do you all think? (that can stomach looking at it) Is it possible this could happen without spontaneously aborting the fetus? http://english.pravda.ru/science/myster ... man_face-0

My cows like the cold weather in Michigan !

We had a calf with the same symptoms last year, we think it was tossed by one of the horses. Healthy and running around and when we looked a bit later she was down and the rear legs wouldn't move. Did just about everything we could do, including a sling, steroids, and trying to massage and...

All good advice, but with global warming coming and getting worse and worse by the day, it it would be very costly to take those steps for the short term (sarcasm). If you're worried about pipes bursting get the heat tape. If you think insulating the pipe may be enough to stop from freezing...

If you could please post a photo. If he is a miniature perhaps you'd like to sell him. I would be interested in buying him if he is.

Saw this on Drudge. I don't think the cop was familiar with what calves do when nursing... :lol: During a bizarre hearing there yesterday, a Superior Court judge dismissed animal-cruelty charges against a Moorestown police officer accused of sticking his XXXXX into the mouths of five calves...

The dam is 44 and his sire is 38"...sorry I wasn't clear about that. He still comes up to my knees. He had his 4 month birthday yesterday.

Why would you want to eat him if he could produce little steers just like him that finish out at 12 months on just mom and grass? Everybody seems to say that he looks tasty....I like that quality in cattle. It's been quite entertaining to watch him grow and see people's reactions to him when...