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09/19/12, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 114
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New Dexter Bull
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09/19/12, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Central OK
Posts: 441
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He is a nice dark red, I have all black Dexters but that red sure is nice.
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09/19/12, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 535
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Nice! Where you located in MI? I'm in the center. Between St. Johns and Ithica and have Dexters as well.
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09/19/12, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 114
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MEnglish - we are on the east side close to Port Huron.
WJMartin - I really like the red color too; its one of the things that drew me to this bull.
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09/19/12, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 535
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ok Tony. I'm about 2.5 hours straight west of you. All of my Dexters are red and I really like the red as well! Good luck with your new bull.
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09/19/12, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: VA
Posts: 1,706
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tonyb, unless my eyes are worse than I thought, I'd say that your new bull is dun, not red.
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09/19/12, 12:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 316
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He's dun, we sold him as a calf to Van...out of our dun bull and black cow, he's a nice little bull, chondro carrier...Junior's (if that's still his name) daddy sired the 6 time Grand/Reserve champion Dexter cow Paula MD. Thanks for posting the pictures, it's nice to see how he's turned out.
Picture of his sire:
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09/19/12, 01:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 316
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Father and son when he was a little calf....
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09/19/12, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 114
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Hey lakeport, that's right, we bought him from Van. He told me Junior came from Lakeport Farms out of Shamrock Mike, so I thought it might be you guys. Junior just needed a step stool for those Herefords I guess. :-) Plus I think Van is getting out of cow/calf anyway and moving into feeder steers.
Very nice guy; I enjoyed talking with him. Don't bring up the subject of hunting dogs unless you've got some time on your hands. Haha - we talked about dogs for probably two hours.
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09/19/12, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 114
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G. Seddon
tonyb, unless my eyes are worse than I thought, I'd say that your new bull is dun, not red.
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Aha - well, obviously I'm color blind then. Your eyes can't be worse then mine.
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09/19/12, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 316
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Tonyb,
Size really shouldn't have been an issue, they find a way. Mike (who is 39" at the hip) has bred full size Angus cows that are better than 52" tall. More than once we've seen our little 1.5 year old mini-Highland who's probably smaller than Junion breeding a full size Highland, he just waited until she was pointing downhill on a steep embankment.
For those who are using very small bulls with large cows, I'd highly recommend a nice big mound of dirt somewhere in your pasture near the water or hay if it's otherwise flat.
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09/19/12, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: VA
Posts: 1,706
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tonyb, Junior looks solid! He should give you some nice calves. And, personally, I'll take dun over red anyday!!!
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09/19/12, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 316
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We love that dun color! Mike is ED/ED b/b, Dun, does not carry red. Mike is nearing the end of his breeding life and we've been trying really hard to get a little Mike clone to take his place. We finally got one this past fall out of one of our smaller cows. He looks just like a mini-Mike. Mike is also A2/A2. We haven't had Junior's mom Lilly tested for A2 due to her age, but she is one of our best milkers and has a really nice udder, producing 2.5 gallons a day, so Junior should pass that on to his calves. Lilly never had her registration followed through with a previous owner, so sadly she can't be registered. I think she's 17 years old now. Lilly is also one of our smallest non-chondro Dexters, at 40" tall.
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09/19/12, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: WV
Posts: 164
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He is a beauty! You're going to have some very nice calves
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09/19/12, 04:32 PM
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I got it on farm status.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: SouthWest of Phoenix
Posts: 1,898
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Very good looking bull!
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09/19/12, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: VA
Posts: 1,706
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lakeportfarms
Lilly never had her registration followed through with a previous owner, so sadly she can't be registered.
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What a shame!
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09/19/12, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 316
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This is Junior's mom, Lilly...
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09/19/12, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: VA
Posts: 1,706
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Unusual to have a non-carrier only 40"...she looks in great condition for 17 years of age...I bet she could write a book on calving! You are fortunate to have her in your herd. registered or not.
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09/20/12, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central Oregon
Posts: 6,172
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That's a very nice bull, tonyb
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09/21/12, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,701
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Nice looking bull!
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