The Perfect Homestead Mini Meat Cow - The Dexter Cattle 

Is that 325 lbs of yield per animal?

Please don t kill cows do not give pain to cows .. God wony forgive u i am saying u will get so bad misery in life. No one will help you

When you say "dressing out", you mean you get 325lbs of meat?

@@JohnSmith-yc6uv Yes. If we don’t neuter the bulls we get about 50lbs more meat at the same age.

​@JohnSmith-yc6uv usually dressing out around here is hanging weight. So no head, feet guts and stuff. If hanging weight is 400 you can expect 240lbs or so of meat

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Can you site a good source for fencing please? Thank you.

@@reneek8223 Only locally to myself I’m afraid, I would look up your local saw mills or fencing contractors and negotiate a sensible price. Be aware mind, you get what you pay for. I use pressure treated creosote posts, 20% more than tanalised but last twice as long.

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Interesting

Glad they are helping!

Howd it go??

Hi Lisa, What kind of yield do you get milking them? And do you know the buttermilk content?

AWESOME! love that!

Good to hear! I really want to add cows to the mix!

How much dose a dexter cow cost on average?

WOW thats great milk!

I’d never go through 8 liters of milk a day so I could use the curd to make cheese and feed the whey to the pigs. Win win. 😃😃

Why homogenized?

Awesome thanks for the Tip Ryan!

thanks, Ben!

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Good to know!

I’m in Alabama, did you go with the Dexter?

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ArtemiaSalina they cost 1000 alone by themselves

Mini cows can cost 2x as much as regular cows when purchasing. Any where from 1000-3000 but in the Long run are cheaper than full sized cows

Some Dexters are naturally polled, depends on the strain.

Create a plan and work toward it. It will come true.

Yes, very different.

Those are breeds designed for a warmer climate, tropical/subtropical diseases, etc.

You can breed a experienced dexter to just about anything

+Charles Jackson III find a local who has them, and get some hands on experience helping out!

How much land do you need?

UHG.. Sorry that is sad!

Thank you, yea it was sad...who knows maybe we well try again one day :)

Afraid I don't know yet... but may soon, I may wind up buying one of these, I loved the meat!

Susan Beaulieu cost is going to very greatly by area and registered to on registered etc.. $500 on up to $4000... and dexters have produced easily into there late teens if not 20 range. I raised dexters last three years and recently sold mine off and purchased a jersey instead

мафия Биг Папи Т завинаги you can as long as there is no Dexter isn't able to be bred by the larger breed.

Мафия Завинаги yes

She’s got other fields for them to turn out to, it’s cold while they were filming. Getting ready to keep them near the barn and on hay bails for winter. Spring and summer they got fields to graze for days.

I hear so many good things about Herefords!

Homesteady well they are the grade A beef here in North western Ont. Canada. they grow fast an put on a lot of meat in a short time.there a big animal but very easy to control. you don't need much of a fence. all I have ever used is 3/8 round rod 4 feet long with 1 live hot wire. for areas I fence in summer I use 3 foot long rods as winter the snow is deep and less the 4 feet high the wire gets under the snow. but not that good for milking

cant you feed them wheat or barley fodder to replace the grass during the winter months.

Actually their body isn’t “made” for corn or grain. She has it right, but quality hay and they’ll be fine.

cattle as trey said are ruminates they eat grass, corn actually makes them sick

The savings has to do with how much grass you have available. If you don't have any grass and your feeding a meat cow year round hay, your right, they eat half as much but last twice as long, so it is a wash. The key is in the grass. They need less, so if I had 1 regular size cow that needs more grass than I had at my property, and I then had to buy them hay through the summer, the Dexter can save you money during that period, as they need less grass, and thus if you have limited pasture, a Dexter can live off that more than a larger breed, and thus they can save you money through the summer months. Does that make sense? Plus the added bonus of the Dexter being completely grass fed, that is a bonus over some other breeds. They are not a perfect answer to all situations, but a great one for a small scale homestead looking to raise its own meat on limited pasture, kinda like us!

good point, if I remember correctly she said that a Dexter cow when he needed a half acre..as far as the regular cows having to have grain I've never fed any my cows grain.

Thanks for the Typo catch!

Great points Stephanie, can't go wrong with an $85 investment that is done in a year and a half! Do they need grain?

Stephanie Williams get rid of the bottles. to much time an work. see my vidio's to learn how I teach them to eat totaly on there own in a few days. I'm doing 3 right now. wow 85.00 I never pay that much. most years they are free if farmer knows you will take the a day or 2 after born. some years if there is a market for the bulls from the caltle trucks i may pay 50.00 as the truck will not come for a few. in 37 year never used a bottle ever never owned one

Stephanie Williams 12 to 1600 is cheap for a full grown milk / beef cow. when I got my jury she was 3 an I paid back then 800.00 CND for her that's years ago to day any cow is 2000 CND. your paying live weight market value

that is for calves here. I can get a bred Mini Jersey for $1600..

We fed some grain but only because we had them with our dairy goats. Grain kept them out he barn. They were always sweet.