Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Hi everyone, Thanks for your ideas. I guess I have just been lucky up till now! I tried the hurdle theory, tall cattle ones which loop together at the ends, attached to the open stable door. I sat there with her for ages and she came out and wandered about. Then for no apparent reason she just laun...

For once I am stumped! Never in 28 years has a dexter got the better of me and this one is certainly not going to!! However it is 11 weeks old and crazy. Born in a stable alone with its mum back in February, I have haltered, handled and played with it. It was a real sweetie until Sunday, when I tur...

Back in the 1980's we showed a couple of our dexters regularly. We had no previous cattle showing experience, only welsh ponies. We went to Herts County and watched the cattle being shown (no dexter classes as far as I recall). We saw the handlers wore white coats, and noted what was required of th...

Our vaccine was collected yesterday. Our vet seems to be totally organised and has made arrangements for the likes of me with few animals to share with others in a similar position. The retired farmer in our village did his stock yesterday morning then dropped off 17mm for my animals. Considering m...

I just thought I would share this with you. I turned ny cows out today. I had a really bad feeling about this. I usually do this on my own, but this time I decided to wait and get some help. My son and my husband were on hand. Very unusual!! I turned the bull and a barren cow out first and let thm ...

Hi Clive, I see you are asking Beryl about raw milk. All I can tell you is that in the early 1990's we had a guernsey/dexter cow which we milked regularly. My son was born in 1992. He was about a year old when I fed him raw milk. My doctor was not impressed! All I can say is that Ben is now 6'3&quo...

Hi Sylvia, This happened to me once. A pig haulier sent the wrong lorry to collect two pigs from me. Like you we have a restricted access. We loaded the pigs into a small pony trailer, drove it out onto the lane and reversed it onto the lorry ramp (obviously the lorry and trailer were gated). It go...

Hi, Sylvia. In your post you mention someone locally who has more customers than meat, so there is obviously a market for it. I know you could not instantly reduce your herd numbers in this way, but could you not get one/several butchered, vacuum packed and sell locally. We all know how brilliant d...

Hi Sylvia, Here in Suffolk I purchased a 20month heifer (registered) back in May. I would certainly not describe her as my ideal dexter but having said that she had a good pedigree, and I was desperate for some fresh bloodlines. I paid £285 which seemed very fair. I wish you luck at your sale and h...

just curious (maybe I am being really thick?, I am sure someone will tell me!) but on the page 'click here to view the topics' is a list of users currently on line. I understand 'guests' as people who can look but not comment. However I got to thinking about members and anonymous members. Is an ano...

just curious (maybe I am being really thick?, I am sure someone will tell me!) but on the page 'click here to view the topics' is a list of users currently on line. I understand 'guests' as people who can look but not comment. However I got to thinking about members and anonymous members. Is an ano...