I've got two purebred Dexter bull calves that I'll be weaning soon from their moms and will be for sale. They are 5-6 months old and can be registered, or raised for beef, to butcher next fall. The bulls are black, mothers were black, dad is a dun. One bull is especially good looking and would make a good herd sire.

I'm located in north central Nebraska.

Bruce

-- Bruce (rural@inebraska.com), September 21, 2001

Answers

Bruce, Wish we lived closer .. I want a small herd of dexters. Id like to buy a bred cow for starters. Hard to find around here , though I've just started looking ( northeast Ohio ). Everyone I have talked to neither eats the meat or drinks the milk .. I want to do both. We keep herefords now a small herd of about a dozen , draft horses pigs and chickens. Some day we will add our Dexters. Ralph

-- Ralph Rice (Roadapple@suite224.net), November 01, 2001.

Ralph, bottle raise one of your Hereford heifers next year (I suggest goat's milk instead replacer), and raise her for a family milk cow. She won't ever compete with a Holstein for quantity of milk, but she ought to give enough for a family plus her calf!

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), November 01, 2001.

Thanks Kathleen ... Ilooked right past my own girls. Guess I didn't see the forest for the trees. I think Dexters are neat , I guess that I was trying to justify why I needed one or two ! Thanks for the reply, Ralph

-- Ralph Rice (Roadapple@suite224.net), November 01, 2001.

We have two cows and would like to either purchase a dexter bull or have them AI. We live n central NY so you live too far away for us too but does anyone know of any Dexter breeders in our area? (while we're on the subject) And I don't think you need TOO much of a reason to raise Dexters-They're wonderfully calm and easy going.

-- Tom Chappell (chappellfamily2000@yahoo.com), November 19, 2001.