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Post by marion on Oct 15, 2008 20:30:31 GMT -5
Genebo, This is an excellent picture and as it's been posted 24 hours with no replies, I guess everyone is speechless ;D So, here are my thoughts..He certainly is impressive! No fear of the breed dying out, while there is a bull like this for natural service and AI. Do you have any pictures available of his daughters' udders? It would be interesting to see some, as the shape of the bulls' scrotum influences the udders of his daughters..marion
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Post by liz on Oct 17, 2008 13:56:58 GMT -5
Gene, it would be fun to see any of his daughters! After all a bull's influence is on his 'daughters' not just on the pure bred ones!! lol! Do you not milk shorthorns in the states? We have whole dairies of shorthorns in Canada. L
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Post by Cloverbell on Oct 19, 2008 7:51:46 GMT -5
We just had the vet out the preg check the 10 girls and he was amazed that they were 100% bred. He remarked "you must have a really fertile bull!". What sort of percentages do most breeds get? I guess my expectations are high and luckily my bulls meet them.
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Post by liz on Oct 20, 2008 6:43:28 GMT -5
Were the other bulls Dexters? I don't keep a bull intact here, use AI, but every time the vet has been out to steer a calf, he has remarked that Dexters have the most developed testicles for calves that he has ever seen. And from what I have heard from other breeders around here yours and Linda's experience with live cover is the norm, not the exception. As I said I only use AI so it really is what I have heard. L
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Post by onthebit on Oct 25, 2008 21:34:17 GMT -5
Marion, None of his Dexter daughters are old enough to see their development. He's sired more daughters of other breeds than Dexters. One is currently being milked. She's a Shorthorn cross. They're not normally used for milk, so she must have gotten her milkiness from him. His maternal grandmother has been milked, and she has about a 2.5 gallon per day udder with nice long teats and a well shaped udder. Here she is at 9 years old, the best picture I could find. She's 12 now and has just weaned a heifer.  Some of Brenn's semen is now in the Swiss Village Foundation's time capsule and will be kept there in case of a breeding disaster. He and several other old line Dexters are being saved. Actually, they are saving semen from all of the rare and endangered breeds, not only of cattle but of just about every animal that the ALBC lists. They're at: www.svffoundation.org/They're worth a look. Are Dexter Cattle supposed to look so thin? Mine don't look like that so I am wondering if they get too much pasture? |
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Post by matt090303 on Dec 14, 2008 12:56:23 GMT -5
that cow looks in good condition, too fat can be detrimental, especially at calving.
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Post by Honeycreek Dexters on Dec 14, 2008 20:10:59 GMT -5
onthebit, please explain what you mean by too much pasture?
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Post by longshotfarms on Dec 18, 2008 22:21:36 GMT -5
Scrotal circumferance is directly correlated to semen production, it has nothing to do with semen quality or fertility. Larger testicles means more cows can be covered.
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