Dexters w/split ears

[baggs]

This year I had 3 of ten calfs born with split ears. It looks liked they have been notched. is this normal for this breed? or are my blood lines too close?

 

[dun]

It's not normal. They have ears just like all other cattle breeds. Hard to tell the reason.

dun

 

[Jake]

get a picture, maybe we could help then.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Were you there "when they came out"? Maybe you have a dog or something doing it to them after they are born. Are they split with all sides healed or torn fresh?

 

[Monica]

It is normal with Dexters. Some bloodlines seem to produce more split ears then others. I bred a British white heifer to a Dexter bull last year and her calf has split ears. It surpized the heck out of me because of the cross breeding. That same bull threw another calf that has flower shaped ears.

Dexter poeple have not culled the cattle the same way others have and for some reason this ear does not bother most of them. I can not stand it. To me it is a mutation.

 

[dbc]

does anyone have a picture of what one looks like?

 

[baggs]

Thanks for the replys.
I will try to get a picture up this week