Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Like Saffy I admire Duncan’s excellent summing up, but am not happy with the conclusion. We are certainly in no position to eradicate all chondro-affected animals, and I don’t think anyone is advocating that we should. I do think, if there is sufficient support, we should establish it as our ultima...

Ann I would like to think your assumptions correct. Firstly, other breeds are all growing bigger. The modern Aberdeen Angus is probably half as big again compared to the neat little animal I first knew. Some of the first Welsh Black I met were no bigger than some modern day Dexters. When the breed ...

The hidden drawback in Dexters is that when one talks of size, there is a tendency to ignore that in the ‘short leg’ size cannot be estimated. It is perfectly possible to be breeding enormous Dexters yet remain oblivious, until a calf is born without the faulty gene. I am uneasy when the animal is ...

It is impossible to establish the size of the prospective progeny in the case of a chondro mixed mating. The size will vary whenever a chondro-affected animal is used. The only certainty is that if the calf does not inherit the chondro abnormality it has to be bigger than its ‘short leg’ parent. De...

If the parents are in the Herd Book, then the offspring should also be eligible. Unfortunately present rulings deny this, and animals are in my view wrongly removed for a variety of reasons. I believe it should be mandatory for bulls to be measured by the vet at every T.B. test and the resulting me...

Clive you must know I have said it so often, wait and see what he produces, you cant tell what he will throw by looking at him. You have already said his sire was miles bigger than him! I can say, on the basis of the ancestors, that he is worth waiting for; none of those you quote was over large. T...

I agree with you 100% Martin, I am all for promoting the qualities of the breed with a breed stand, although as you point out, apart from, the cost, it is often difficult to find the members to man it. I simply wanted to point out what I think many members are unaware of - the limits imposed by the...

As a charity we are precluded from furthering the financial interests of our members, if you look in the front of the Herd Book you will see what our aims are, as permitted under Charity ruling. We are very lucky in that Clive has now stepped in, and fulfilled the long felt need for meat promotion.

Duncan,While I very much regret the occasion posting that went way out of line, it is doubtful whether the Council meeting last week would have taken the excellent turn it did without the input of this message board. There is a need for ordinary members to make their feelings known, and most of the...

Duncan,While I very much regret the occasion posting that went way out of line, it is doubtful whether the Council meeting last week would have taken the excellent turn it did without the input of this message board. There is a need for ordinary members to make their feelings known, and most of the...

Thank you for all those compliments everybody, it is lovely to see ‘Ginger’ looking so utterly blissful, and we are having a belated but welcome bonus in the weather at present. It is a pity that I have had no requests for bull calves this year, so shall shortly be steering the lot, I am not geared...