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<blockquote data-quote="hdrockn" data-source="post: 1637334" data-attributes="member: 18874"><p>Good morning! I started in with pure Dexter because I read they were easy calvers, size, and cost of purchase. I stumbled across a mini baldie heifer that I bred to a red Dexter bull and that offspring was so nice that I kept him and still have him. He is 5 now and probably around 1000. I have kept him breeding to the dexters cows that I have and like the body structure better w/o the larger size of most mini herfs I've seen. Still good calving ease so far as their heads are slightly less blocky. Kinda like a Christmas surprise as to if and where the chrome will be. Most herf minis are expensive and I get the best of both worlds this way.</p><p></p><p>I generally process around 20 to 24 months and they are mostly grassfed with some added grain the last 2 months. They weigh in the 6 to 750 range...hanging at around 350 to 400. I will hang for 2 weeks before cutting if fat cover is adequate. I can do about a quarter a day. I flash freeze the trim for grinding and store in a bag until I'm ready to grind....the meat is fresher that way.</p><p></p><p>I could write a novel because I am passionate about this</p><p>Image</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/XZNGHPWs" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/XZNGHPWs/IMG-20200413-171856699-Edited.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/V01XwWb6" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/V01XwWb6/IMG-20200225-104206037-HDR.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hdrockn, post: 1637334, member: 18874"] Good morning! I started in with pure Dexter because I read they were easy calvers, size, and cost of purchase. I stumbled across a mini baldie heifer that I bred to a red Dexter bull and that offspring was so nice that I kept him and still have him. He is 5 now and probably around 1000. I have kept him breeding to the dexters cows that I have and like the body structure better w/o the larger size of most mini herfs I've seen. Still good calving ease so far as their heads are slightly less blocky. Kinda like a Christmas surprise as to if and where the chrome will be. Most herf minis are expensive and I get the best of both worlds this way. I generally process around 20 to 24 months and they are mostly grassfed with some added grain the last 2 months. They weigh in the 6 to 750 range...hanging at around 350 to 400. I will hang for 2 weeks before cutting if fat cover is adequate. I can do about a quarter a day. I flash freeze the trim for grinding and store in a bag until I'm ready to grind....the meat is fresher that way. I could write a novel because I am passionate about this Image [url=https://postimg.cc/XZNGHPWs][img]https://i.postimg.cc/XZNGHPWs/IMG-20200413-171856699-Edited.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/V01XwWb6][img]https://i.postimg.cc/V01XwWb6/IMG-20200225-104206037-HDR.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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