Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Vacuum silage was a technique imported from New Zealand in the 60's or 70's. They used the vacuum pump on a slurry tanker to extract the air from a silage clamp covered with plastic or butyl rubber sheeting. It was very vulnerable to puncture by birds and rats. The latest version of this is the ag-...

I've been concerned about rustling for some time. With the increased value of Dexter beef and the fact that many Dexter's are relatively tame and easy to handle I feel that its bound to happen. We have had lots of local thefts of diesel fuel and quad bikes. Interesting to hear that police thought t...

A great deal depends on the amount of sun and wind that we get and also the characteristics of the field. You should be able to bale and wrap haylage in 3 days or even two given some reasonable weather. Hay will take a bit longer, but its all down to individual circumstances. I'm out of the country...

I tend to agree with Dom. If you are doing the job properly, there is no need to pay someone to tick boxes. My friend resigned as an inspector for just that reason. According to him it was just a job of flying from farm to farm - at least 7 in a day to make a living wage - ticking boxes and then ru...

Hi Inger, Here in the UK, the current fashion is to plaster everthing with warning signs to the extent that its impossible to see the hazard. Near here, a simple road junction has no less than 14 warning signs. There are so many that they obstruct each other - and drivers still knock them down and ...

My girls are very docile, but will not tolerate dogs anywhere near their babies. Because our fileds have footpaths nearby, but not through them I have had some warning signs made saying - Cows in field - No Dogs. If anyone needs any, I'd be pleased to circulate details and get some more made up and...

Unfortunately I lost a cow last year to Magnesium deficiency and so her 5 month old steer calf was suddenly deprived of his milk. He adapted extremely well and seemed to dive into the solid feed very quickly. He was a little more ribby than his mates who were still suckling, but otherwise doesn't s...

As a newcomer to Dexterworld, I registered 2 of last years calves as red, because they were born bright red. Then they turned black, now at 9 months they have started to turn red again. And one of my black calves has quite red cheeks!. I've discussed this with DCS and they say not to worry, colour ...

I'm both pleased and concerned about this publicity. I'm pleased that the hard work of the real Dexter devotees looks as though it is starting to pay off. Good luck to them because they have worked hard over many years and they deserve it. I'm also just a bit concerned that every man and his dog ma...

I'm sorry to say this but in my opinion having attended the Royal Show for the last 40+ years, the farming scene has changed dramatically in that time, but the Royal Agricultural Society has not. There has been a running debate for at least 25 years as to whether the Royal is a showcase for British...

Having now kept Dexters for a whole 9 months, I continue to be amazed at their intelligence and sense of fun. Last year, my cows decided to go for self-feed hay and burrowed into the back of the barn hoping I wouldn't notice. I took some plywood sheets to build a barricade and left them on a handca...