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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 26, 2011 21:07:59 GMT -5
Please, if you have photos of the following, and you don't mind having them used in a presentation at the fair, please post your picture, your name, farm name and animal's name so I can give proper credit. Please don't post any pictures on this thread that you would not like me to use. If you prefer, PM me and I will send you my email address. Thank you very kindly! I need good examples of the following:
-short-legged bull -short-legged cow with short-legged calf -person with a short-legged calf (to show relative size) -polled bull -horned bull -red cow -finished steer -oxen hitched up -historical pictures of Dexters in Ireland -historical pictures of Dexters coming to America If any of the above pictures are of animals in a show, please include show name, class, and year. Thank you!  |
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Post by marion on Mar 28, 2011 7:11:50 GMT -5
Yearling steer (non-dwarf), sired by Magician from a Galaxy dam. Sorry about the scrap steel in the pic. - I was out there with the camera after a microburst demolished half of the barn roof  |
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Post by otf on Mar 28, 2011 8:39:12 GMT -5
Short-legged bull (Rocky Hill's O'Hickory, 2001):  Finished Dexter Steer, 2004:  Red Cow (Stuarts Blz Red Fluff, 2008):  Dexter Oxen, AGM 2004:  Short-legged cow with calf (Odetta of Sussex, 2003):  All except oxen owned by Olde Towne Farm, Mineral, VA (at the time photos were taken). |
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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 28, 2011 16:57:04 GMT -5
Wow! Great pictures, guys! I'll take a picture of the finished display and post it here. Is Trillium Cluny still available AI? |
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Post by legendrockranch on Mar 28, 2011 18:42:35 GMT -5
While most of the pictures are nice, there is one comment I would like to make concerning genebo's remarks: "Take a close look at the hind quarters on Odetta of Sussex at the same time you look at her udder and teats. That is a truly dual purpose cow. Beefy and milky at the same time. Pixie is just as nice". The ADCA has a classification document you can look at in reference to what a good udder should look like. I've also attached a link that also might be helpful. beef.unl.edu/learning/udder_score.shtmlShe just might be an old gal, however my preference when having a display with photos of Dexter cattle as representative of the breed would be to leave this picture off. I do not mean to offend anyone, this is just my opinion. Barb |
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Post by kansasdexters on Mar 28, 2011 20:06:18 GMT -5
I have Trillium Cluny semen and have been using him in our AI breeding program for several years.
Patti
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Post by legendrockranch on Mar 28, 2011 22:34:14 GMT -5
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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 29, 2011 6:07:26 GMT -5
Thank you to everyone who provided photos and links. ;D
I should have the final display assembled by tonight. The fair opens Thursday.
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Post by otf on Mar 29, 2011 8:52:43 GMT -5
While most of the pictures are nice, there is one comment I would like to make concerning genebo's remarks: "Take a close look at the hind quarters on Odetta of Sussex at the same time you look at her udder and teats. That is a truly dual purpose cow. Beefy and milky at the same time. Pixie is just as nice". The ADCA has a classification document you can look at in reference to what a good udder should look like. I've also attached a link that also might be helpful. beef.unl.edu/learning/udder_score.shtmlShe just might be an old gal, however my preference when having a display with photos of Dexter cattle as representative of the breed would be to leave this picture off. I do not mean to offend anyone, this is just my opinion. Barb Ms. Netti, I was not aware that this thread was intended as a conformation critique; your comments were unsolicited and, quite frankly, rude. I posted photos in response to a request -- it is of little consequence to me if “littlecowfl” uses them; she is free to do so if she wishes. However, you took it upon yourself to ignite controversy by taking exception to “genebo’s” comments about Olde Towne Farm animals in this thread. Had you started a separate thread about ideal udders, I’d have no problems, but to impose your preferences here was uncalled for. You may not have intended “to offend anyone,” but alas, you did – ME! I doubt you would have been quite so free with your comments if the “old gal” were red and had no horns – ahh, but then, I suppose, she would have been named Reba. Gale Seddon Olde Towne Farm Mineral, VA |
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Post by legendrockranch on Mar 29, 2011 9:23:15 GMT -5
Gale, my intention was not meant to be rude, my apologies to you and those that took it that way.
However, I still stand by my comment. If littlecow is looking for pictures the classification program pictures are great ones to use.
I'm not sure of the cows age which might be a contributing factor, if little cow denotes the age of the cow on the picture and states 15 years or whatever her age is and "still going strong", that would fit the picture better.
The color or horn status had nothing to do with my comments. So please don't go there.
Barb
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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 29, 2011 14:10:03 GMT -5
Almost done! I couldn't use some of the pictures because of how they turned out on my printer, but most look great! Thanks, again to all!
It looks like I'll need both the classification photos as well as the ones of cow and calf. Odetta is 15 years old with a new calf? That will fascinate some conventional cattleman who cull long before a cow reaches her teens. ;D
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Post by legendrockranch on Mar 29, 2011 14:15:04 GMT -5
Hi Littlecow, I'm not sure of the age of Odessa that was just a guess.
Barb
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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 29, 2011 16:16:48 GMT -5
Gene, I need the name of the short-legged cow and calf in your photo. I almost remember her name...
Here is a copy of photo credits, thus far. I found it much easier to number the photos and provide photo credits at the end. If you would like anything changed, please let me know because I still have time. Everything is written and set up, I just need to finish the credits and laminate.
Photo Credits
1) Limelight - Black Dexter Bull, Calved in 1886, Royal Dublin Society Registration No. 12, 1st Prize and Queen's Gold Medal at the Royal Agricultural Show, Windsor, 1889. Photo courtesy of Patti Adams, Wakarusa Ridge Ranch, Kansas.
2) Castlegould Herd, Slane Clare, ADCA No. 3. Photo courtesy of Patti Adams, Wakarusa Ridge Ranch, Kansas.
3) Short-legged cow with calf (Odetta of Sussex, 2003). Photo courtesy of Olde Towne Farm, Mineral, VA.
4) Finished Dexter steer, 2004. Photo courtesy of Olde Towne Farm, Mineral, VA.
5) Oxen team, AGM 2004. Photo courtesy of Olde Towne Farm, Mineral, VA.
6) ADCA Classification Program, 2007. Photo courtesy of Patti Adams, Wakarusa Ridge Ranch, Kansas.
7) ADCA Classification Program, 2007. Photo courtesy of Patti Adams, Wakarusa Ridge Ranch, Kansas.
8) ADCA Classification Program, 2007. Photo courtesy of Patti Adams, Wakarusa Ridge Ranch, Kansas.
9) Rocky Hill's O'Hickory, 2001 (short-legged bull). Photo courtesy of Olde Towne Farm, Mineral, VA.
10) Brenn of Paradise (short-legged bull). Photo courtesy of Gene Bowen, Paradise Dexters, Church Road, VA.
11) (short-legged cow and calf). Photo courtesy of Gene Bowen, Paradise Dexters, Church Road, VA.
It's going to rain tomorrow so no final cow baths until we get to the fair tomorrow night. We'll be bathing them Thursday morning and the fair opens at 2:00PM.
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Post by rdoubled on Mar 29, 2011 18:10:59 GMT -5
Little Cow, Did you get a photo of a Polled bull?
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Post by littlecowfl on Mar 29, 2011 20:42:06 GMT -5
Thank you for asking...no, actually.  |
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