That would probably be me. My mother raises Dexters though she doesn't have as many now as she used to. I do her A.I. work and doctoring on them when she needs help. She crosses some with jersey and mini-jersey bulls. We have not had any trouble cross breeding them. She has the short legged and standard legged variety. The dwarfism gene runs in some cow families that you have to watch for. Overall pretty neat little cows. Hers are pretty well dispositioned. They are easy on the land and easy to handle. Keep in mind they are a NICHE market. You can lose alot of money on them if you jump in without doing the homework. Start slow and see how it goes and build up from there. If you have plans to sell any at the sale barn you will lose your shirt. These critters need to be sold directly off the farm or at special sales. My mother sells hers to people with mini-farms that want dual purpose milk / meat animals but do not have big enough families to consume what a full sized steer or cow produces.slick4591":lsoih3tg said:
I think a mini-herf crossed with a Dexter would make a pretty good little eating steer. I have eaten the straight Dexters and it was comparable with just about any full sized beef as far as eating quality goes. The Dexter x jersey cows milk like crazy and the steers really marble well though the yield decreases from the jersey influence.JeffMills517":3amejvm2 said:
