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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 907713" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Around here the Dexter's are all the rage with the small families wanting a dual purpose beef/dairy animal that EASY TO HANDLE. </p><p></p><p>From what I see of them, they don't have a single one of those qualities... They don't give much milk (It's OK for their size, but it's still not much), a 8 month old bull calf weighs in at a whopping 400 lbs and has the foulest temper of any animal (small man syndrome), and the cows I've seen were totally flighty and ugly to deal with.</p><p></p><p>I'll take my docile Frame 9 Shorthorn who weighs in at about 1900 lbs any day over those beasts.</p><p></p><p>About the Dexter bull calf in question, I was in my friends milking parlour and hand my hand out the dutch doors, and this little guy was stomping and snorting, then he'd come up to me, butt the door a couple times, then lick my hand, then butt it again... What a confused soul he was... And he's just freak if I twitched. I guess I just haven't had any good experiences with Mini breeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 907713, member: 9096"] Around here the Dexter's are all the rage with the small families wanting a dual purpose beef/dairy animal that EASY TO HANDLE. From what I see of them, they don't have a single one of those qualities... They don't give much milk (It's OK for their size, but it's still not much), a 8 month old bull calf weighs in at a whopping 400 lbs and has the foulest temper of any animal (small man syndrome), and the cows I've seen were totally flighty and ugly to deal with. I'll take my docile Frame 9 Shorthorn who weighs in at about 1900 lbs any day over those beasts. About the Dexter bull calf in question, I was in my friends milking parlour and hand my hand out the dutch doors, and this little guy was stomping and snorting, then he'd come up to me, butt the door a couple times, then lick my hand, then butt it again... What a confused soul he was... And he's just freak if I twitched. I guess I just haven't had any good experiences with Mini breeds. [/QUOTE]
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