Dexter Zebu Cross

When i picked up my bull from the dairy the owner showed me a holstein belgian blue cross.

Dexter zebu cross. Holstein dexter cross cattle by. Zebu bottle babies for sale. They are hardy and disease resistant. With devon bull on dexter cow they got 51lb calf virtually the same as pure dexter.

This breed is used for its milk meat and as draft animals. They do have an impressive food conversion which makes us look a bit harder at our dexter s bloodlines for ability to gain weight. And calving ease and do not own lowline brood cows any longer. Calves below are sold.

The real trouble was how to get her bred. Many other breeds have been created through cross breeding and selection using the zebu such as the sanga and canchim. The best part of a dexter is the temperament. They are horned and come in a variety of colors with a hump similar to today s brahma cattle only without the long ears.

Links and fun zebu stuff. Anonymous then the dexter is long legged i take it then. With dexter bull on south devon cow they got 70lb calf compared to 49lb pure dexter or 105lb pure devon. They re very pleasant to be around.

For more information on zebu click the international miniature zebu association link below. Learning to milk was the easy part of our crash course into family cow 101. I will try the semen on my hereford cross bred mothers. Welcome to zebu cattle company located in marshfield missouri my imza is 1306 if you would like to.

Characteristics zebu cattle are usually red or grey in colour are horned have loose skin large ears and have a hump above their shoulders. The hustle that 65284 referred to amounts to this. We will be butchering our first dexter lowline cross fall of 2012. It is very interesting to see the crosses.

A dexter shorthorn cross heifer sells for less than a fullblooded dexter but if you call it a mini shorthorn and ask a ridiculously high price someone will come along and buy it. Mature cows weigh between 300 to 500 pounds and bulls 400 to 600 pounds. Zebu are naturally small cattle and may date back as far as 6 000 b c in south asia. The belgian blue is a double muscled breed and it sure shows on the heifer.