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Post by hollydzie on Aug 13, 2012 11:22:30 GMT -5
Hello everyone I just wanted to introduce myself. My husband and I started out with 2 Dexter Steers 5 yrs ago to "mow" our 10acres. We fell in love with them and that started our passion. We are a very small hobby farm. We have the 2 steers, a 10 yr old cow and a 3 yr old cow. We also have an 8 month old heifer who is a short leg chondro, a 3 week old heifer and a 6 week old bull calf(soon to be a steer). The bull we had is not living with us any more, he lives with his new girls which are Herfords, that belong to a friend of mine. I have found myself with Dexters that have an unkown PHA status. We are in the process of testing all the girls. My 2 older girls do not come from WW line but the calves sire does. I did this research on my own with the great info provided here. So this is where we are, testing for PHA in the 4 girls( I want a paper that says NEG) and looking for a new bull. I really appriciated all the great info. on this board. I look forward to learning even more.
Thanks
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Post by ctownson on Aug 13, 2012 17:43:18 GMT -5
Welcome aboard - I agree with Geno, you have done some great homework.
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Post by hollydzie on Aug 13, 2012 19:45:58 GMT -5
Thank you both for your kind welcome. I had not heard of PHA until I read about it in a recent PDCA or ADCA journal. Thankfully I only have 4 cows to test.
I look forward to getting to know everyone.
Holly
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Post by osf on Aug 14, 2012 19:36:26 GMT -5
Hi Holly and welcome – nice to see another Dexter owner in Florida!
If it helps you on the PHA research, I went through something similar when we were looking for a replacement cow a couple of years ago. If you go to the ADCA pedigree search page and put in only PHA status “Carrier” you’ll come up with a list of (now) 148 animals tested with positive results reported. (If you’re a member of PDCA, you can also sign in and check PHA status of additional animals.) I worked backward from the carriers to try and see if I could determine which animals coming down through the generations from Wheatear were passing on the gene.
I searched the pedigree of each sire and dam of the listed carrier Dexters for Wheatear. If she was not in the sire’s pedigree, but was in the dam’s, then I could determine that the dam was the carrier that passed on the PHA gene. Likewise, if the dam had no Wheatear connection, than the sire would be the carrier. These sires/dams would then be “obligate” carrier animals - not tested, but proven by their carrier progeny to be carriers themselves. If both sire and dam carried Wheatear genetics, I left them inconclusive for the time being, since either, or both, could carry the PHA gene.
I believe if you keep following the lines back this way, you’ll find that the old Snowbird line in Florida can be highly suspect as some of the Shome animals behind it (down from Cranworth Xanadu breeding) can be shown to be obligate carriers. Likewise, you can see the connection with animals coming down from Cranworth Toby and Cranworth Yanna. Can be pretty interesting.
Very best thoughts coming your way on your test results …
And that picture of your “sea cows” is just way too cute! We have manatees up here, too.
Jeanne
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Post by aneffie53 on Jun 10, 2015 9:05:18 GMT -5
Hi, not sure if either of you are still on the site. If so I am looking to start a very small herd of Dexters in the Tampa Bay area. We currently have 2 mini jersey heifers (soon to be cows). We'd like to add to females and a bull to our herd as soon as the lower pasture is established (end of 2015).
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Post by midhilldexters on Jun 10, 2015 9:10:25 GMT -5
Holly is still here, she changed her herd name to Calusa heritage farm but sure she will see this soon.
Welcome to the world of Dexters and the forum.
Carol K
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Jun 10, 2015 12:14:46 GMT -5
aneffie53, if you want to be sure someone sees your post you can "tag" them like I did you. If you don't know their tag name (not always the same as the username you see), can click on "Reply" instead of "Quick Reply." Then up above you will see a bunch of icons. One is an @with a person's head and torso. Click on it, and a box will appear that says "Enter Username." In her case you would enter "Hollydzie." Her name will appear in another box with her avatar. Click on it, and she'll be tagged. She'll get a "Notification" telling her where she's been tagged, and that way you can be sure she'll see it. hollydzielittlecowfl is another Florida breeder. Sorry if I missed anyone.
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Caught Dexteritis in Dec. 2009. Member of this forum since Oct. 2013.
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Jun 10, 2015 12:14:56 GMT -5
Double post
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Post by hollydzie on Jun 10, 2015 13:32:11 GMT -5
Hi aneffie53, Welcome to the wonderful world of Dexters  . I sent you a message with all of my information please feel free to contact me anytime. I do have a 5 month old heifer that is for sale. I look forward to hearing from you. Here is a picture of Calusa Mina she is much bigger now and I would be happy to get updated photos for you. The first one is of her with her mother Hazel who is 13 yrs old.   |
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Post by Dahdo on Jun 10, 2015 23:44:22 GMT -5
Beautiful cow and calf Holly...
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Post by hollydzie on Jun 11, 2015 7:57:48 GMT -5
Thank you Dave! Hazel is my one and only "traditional" cow. She does have Bullfinch so I can't claim Legacy LOL. I thought you would get a kick out of that little fact Holly |
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Post by Pinevalleydexters on Jun 11, 2015 8:32:52 GMT -5
I second that with a Gorgeous cow and calf. |
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. I sent you a message with all of my information please feel free to contact me anytime. I do have a 5 month old heifer that is for sale. I look forward to hearing from you.
