First Dexter Calf of '08

Jim Johnson a very, very, long time Dexter breeder owned Jamie O'Callen. He was one of Mr. Johnson's favorite bulls. Mr. Johnson had him collected and until recently owned the semen. He donated it to PDCA. You could always email Mr. Johnson direct if interested in purchasing some of the AI. There are lots of straws available.

Another line that I think threw nice udders on cows, ( I am not sure of the milking quanity - but you could do some asking around) were animals that came off Anton of Mt. Carmel through the Rainbow Hills herd. I've seen a number of nice udders on Rainbow Hills animals. I used a Rainbow Hill bull on my herd and I was very pleased with the udders on my heifers. I have yet to milk the few I kept as they are really just coming of milking age. There IS semen available out there on Rainbow Hills animals. Comet might be one you could find. Jeff Chandler has semen available for RH Big Mac too. You might ask him about the udders on his cows. They look nice in photos.

I would think that the bull Helen Dixon collected and sells would carry milking attributes since he is loaded with Woodmagic genetics, and Woodmagic was a dairy herd for most of it's Dexter years, and the stats in the English herdbooks for the cows on milk test were just as good as most of the others.
I know there is plenty of that semen available, and I think Mrs. Dixon is planning to have him collected again.

Speaking of AI. Rates of success with AI breeding depend on a number of factors, and most important is to breed the cow at just the right time when the egg is being released. With Dexters it is often just as easy to keep a bull as it is to keep a cow. . . .( just make sure you do your homework and get a bull from a line that absolutely guarantees you bulls from their herd have always been docile). It is NOT true any longer that all Dexter bulls are docile and sweet tempered.

I am always happy to loan a bull to breeders who do not wish to maintain a bull year round especially if I can help them keep their lines from bringing in genetics that are changing the status of the US herd.

Judy

Thank you, Linda. If you're referring to the pics on this thread, I loaded them on Photobucket.com, then uploaded the link to my thread. If you're referring to my website, I use Homestead.com and have used it for my site for many years, very happy with it.