Dexter Cow

Learning to milk was the easy part of our crash course into family cow 101.

Dexter cow. The smallest native breed of cattle in the british isles they are hardy dual purpose cattle producing excellent beef and milk an ideal suckler cow for conservation grazing. Please reach out to discuss pickup delivery. Most dexter cows are black in color although a dark red or dun cow can occur from time to time standing at about 1 meter to the shoulder an adult cow weighs in at 300 kilo grams. Our history with dexter cattle.

The dexter breed originated in ireland. Dexters come in 3 colors. Dexter cattle are a breed of cattle originating in ireland. A mature bull can stand as high as 1 2 meters and can weigh more than 450 kilo grams.

They re considered a dual purpose breed ideally suited to producing rich flavorful milk and a high percentage of meat and some owners even use their docile cattle as oxen. The smallest of the european cattle breeds they are about half the size of a traditional hereford and about one third the size of a holstein friesian milking cow. Dexter downs lady liberty adca reg 028469 red polled cow chondrodysplasia non carrier pha non carrier 3500. Unbred would love a farm with companion cows like she was used to.

We support dexter cattle owners and breeders offering advice and a range of services. Dexter cows are typically excellent mothers displaying the type of nurturing instincts that make them highly prized in seed stock operations. If you were around back then you ll remember that we bought a bred dry cow and ended up bringing home an open lactating one if that isn t head first i don t know what is. Solid colors with occasional white on udders and or behind the umbilicus are the norm.

Only cow on property grassfed with supplemental protein feed. The real trouble was how to get her bred. Increasing food prices across the united states and great britain has resulted in several ranchers taking an interest in raising dexter cattle for their own food consumption. The dexter cattle society founded within the united kingdom registered over 4 100 cows in 2007 which was almost twice the number registered seven years earlier.