Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

We keep a pet black and white and have milked her for 3 years. we are lucky enough to have a milking machine. Duncan is right about hygiene, everything should be clean, get some pre wipes and post cleaner, use lots of dairy hypochlorite on everything. If the cows healthy i would would rather take m...

One quick question linked with this can anyone tell me how long you usually have to wait before receiving certificates after registering/notifiying change of ownership. Thanks I have just joined the society, and transfered 18 cows and heifers into my herd. It took 6 weeks to recieve the certificate...

Where do you start, the costs are endless. i dont want to put anyone off selling their stock, it is the only way forward, but to do it properly you need to spend a few pounds. Its really worth looking hard and planning what you want to do to make sure it will be profitable. The biggest problem at t...

I have had 2 calves born last weekend,neither of them have sucked from the teat yet. I have tried everything i can think of, but i am still tubing them 5 days after their birth. we have had 6 other calves born in the last month which have taken the teat without any problems. They were born in some ...