Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

The thing we have to keep in mind with "dun" is that there are two different definitions of "dun" and also two different definitions of "red" . Prior to DNA testing, both "Red" and "Dun" would have been based on the phenotype of the animal (how the a...

I'm breeding "dwarfs" to "dwarfs" with no losses at all. All my "dwarfs" are tested non-chondro. Most "dwarf" Dexters in the past were just naturally short and non-chondrodysplasia. That's why breeding dwarf to dwarf can result in far fewer than 25% losses (ze...

Breed Hedgehog IV on your best females that are the least related to Hedgehog IV. Pick the best bull calf(or two), and breed that calf back on his own mother (or another cow that doesn't have much Hedgehog) to get another bull calf that is only 25% Hedgehog IV... Breed that 25% hedgehog bull calf ba...

Breeds can only become true breeds when they are isolated from others. When people take their livestock to an island or remote place, in that isolation, a true breed will develop over time from both environmental selection and farmer selection in isolation. Alternatively, new breeds can be developed...

There are 7 "Moomin" Duns in the pedigree database including Moomin Isadun, and Moomin Cuckoo Pint. ALL Dexters including polled Dexters have "horned genetics". Two polled Dexters can give birth to a horned calf, proving that polled Dexters have horned genetics. The polled gene s...

I love the excellent Moomin herd, but from the photos and data I've seen, the Moomin herd does NOT follow every word of the original Dexter Standard of 1900, because I've seen hornless Moomin animals and dun Moomin animals (neither are allowed by the 1900 standard). Moomin Macduff is super terrific,...

The records show that NO living Dexters today, descend entirely from the Dublin Herdbook #1 foundation animals. If one existed, you could give us a name. Further, there are no Dexter breeders today that follow every word of the original 1900 Breed Standard. If there were such a breeder, you could gi...

Judy (Jamshundred), If there were any living Dexters today, that completely trace back 100% to herdbook #1 in Dublin, you or others would be able to provide us with the name of an animal. But apparently, none exist. The "purity" crowd have misused the word "foundation" to plug th...

The 1918 scale of points guide for judges was just a way to standardize the allotment of points in certain categories, but clearly wasn't meant to be any form of "standard". It says "colour" but doesn't say anything about which colours were ok or not ok. The 1918 scale of points ...

Judy (Jamshundred),

Thanks for confirming the fact that no Dexters have 100% complete pedigrees back to Dublin Herdbook #1 and confirming the fact that none of today's so-called "purists" and "original population" crowd entirely follow the original breed standard of 1900.

I have to add that if someone wants to claim they have "original" Dexters, it would have to mean that they have a line of Dexters where nearly every calf born would meet the 1900 Breed Standard, horns included, and specific horn-shape included, and 100% of adults under 900 pounds, and 100%...

I'm not saying that Dexters were dehorned in the early days in Ireland, I'm simply stating that the breed originators who wrote the first breed standard published in 1900 almost certainly knew of the practice of dehorning cattle and if they felt that horns were the most important part of Dexters, th...

By the 1880's, dehorning was becoming very well known and widely used. It increased in use as modern industrial farming practices caught on and as modern transportation gained traction. Loading a bunch of horned cattle into a rail car, resulted in much bruising and helped drive the need for hornless...

So, it seems that the pedigree purists who talk about "Original Population Dexters" or "Legacy Dexters" all have holes in their pedigrees just like ALL of today's Dexters do. There are other breeds in the world where individual animals can be 100% traced back to the original foun...

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