All about Dexter Cattle!
Are you thinking about adding cattle to your homestead? Do you have small acreage? Dexter cattle might be the choice for you! If you are new to cattle, Dexters are an excellent choice due to their small stature and docility.
This video is all about the Dexter Breed of cattle. We go over some history and characteristics of the Dexter breed and things to consider when choosing your breeding stock. We also dive into some genetics and give some hypothetical breeding outcomes. We also talk about some potential genetic issues including 2 lethal recessive disorders to consider when breeding Dexter cattle.
We are a small farm located in Central/Northern Michigan. We farm every inch of our 6 acres. We breed Registered Dairy Goats, Dexter Cattle, and Heritage Hogs.
Our goats include Nubian goats, Mini Nubians, Fainting Goats, and Nigerian Dwarf goats.
Our Heritage Hogs include: registered Berkshires, Tamworth, Kune Kune, and Hereford.
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Thank you for all the information!
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
9 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
This video was really interesting. Thanks! Funny side note: My captions were on as the video ran; when the goats were bleating, the caption said it was "applause." The goats loved your presentation. LOL
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
2 жыл бұрын
That’s funny. They were screaming since we had just left the barn.
Greatt info as always, thanks for sharing
Thanks for this video. We have a farm in N. Florida and we are looking into Dexter cattle. I appreciate the genetic explanations of the anomolies. It will be helpful when buying cattle. We currently have dairy goats & Kunekune pigs. We have so much lush pasture that we really need to get some cattle to help keep it down and help w keeping parasite loads down in our goats/rotational grazing etc.
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
Жыл бұрын
Awesome. They are a great choice. Truly the best beef you can find. We recommend if you get into breeding buy weened heifers so they get to know you and are easy to work with. We bought our first Dexter that was a year old bred and although she doesn’t give us problems she has an attitude lol. And when you get a bull pay for a good one and preferably halter trained. Again our first bull was a 5 year old and never handled and had an attitude. We have a play list of dexter cattle on our channel you can watch. Highly recommend watching our interviews with Mark Chaney in Tennessee where we bought our current bull. He is night and day difference from our first bull and can get him on a halter and move him where we need to. Sounds like you just need some large breed pigs like ours and we will have all the same animals!😃
Hey y’all Very informative Thanks for sharing
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
You have some beautiful cows! Excellent video and informative
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
i am slowly, but surely getting my herd away from raising dairy steers to lowlines and dexters. i use my dexter bull to breed the heifers and then ai the cows with lowline except for my girl who was ai as a heifer to a dexter bull. they are easy going and very friendly breeds
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
Жыл бұрын
Do you milk your cows? We absolutely love the dexters.
@Andaman1979999
Жыл бұрын
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan no they are beef, the bull we got at 5 months old for $200 and his daughter is 1/8 hereford 3/8 lowline and 1/2 Dexter and she is bred to beef Dexter from North Carolina. Her dad is dun and the bull she is bred to is dun. She is black from the angus
You were funny,,,I’ll give you that! But it wouldn’t hurt to enroll in some kind of acting school! 🤣
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
Жыл бұрын
I took drama class as a senior in high school as an easy class. I am not going to share what grade I got lol -Mike
How do ya find the Bulls temperaments are like? We have a few Dexter cows and always AI. But am finding it harder and harder to get good quality straws, plus the pain it is to arrange it to be done. We really want to get a good polled, registered and halterbroke bull. But we haven't had bulls before though I've been around dairy bulls on a farm I used to work for and they were wild and terrifying lol
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
5 ай бұрын
I linked one of our recent videos in one of your comments. The bulls are very docile if you get one that has been handled and worked with. The exact opposite of a dairy bull. Where are you located?
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
5 ай бұрын
Video title is Dexter bulls are the best
What is the minimum acreage you recommend for dexters?
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
11 ай бұрын
It really depends on how much hay you want to buy or put up and the quality of your pasture. 1-2 head per acre is usually the norm if you have good quality pasture. We have 15 head on 6 acres. But we buy a lot of good quality hay.
@AlgiereRanch
20 күн бұрын
We absolutely love our dexters!
Could i raise only one cow for beef i only have half acre in the back yard i am zoned agricultural i do not want him to be lonesome in two years he could become a pet
@SweetBriarFarmMichigan
Жыл бұрын
Cows do best with a companion. So if you got a weaned young steer and maybe a goat as a companion. I know some people do that.