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Took a little tour today

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IL Rancher

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Decided to see how muchw ater there was.. NOt tons standing but a lot more than usual this time of year, brought a camera with to take some pics..

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They are enjoying life

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Guess I got to close?

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Walking wounded..

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Strange looking Dexter Steer along with an Angus X steer (probably Maine)

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Tarentaise Dad, Dexter Mom

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Angus Dad, Dexter Mom

Just about than I noticed these two hoodlums sneaking up on me.


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And was greated as I left with a message from our old Dexter bull

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wn the 3 year old female I have.. Dexter sire, AngusXMaine mom... Not a very big cow.. but not small either.. Pretty thick throughout.. Different build than anything else I have.
 
Interesting, IL Rancher. Neat that cattle live in so many different areas.
That's what I tell city folk, cattle can use what nothing else can to provide us with protein.

Your country looks lush and green. Nice to see that in August for us folks who live in the west where it's usually pretty dry by now.


That red steer looks like a dandy roping steer!!! Now there's another marketing niche for you! :wink:
 
This green is abnormal for this time of year. While we really don't brown up around here until after it frosts hard we generally have a lot of yellows this time of year as we are typically coming out of our hot, dry spell of the middle of July to about August 21-28... That is generally when the grass just doesn't grow, it goes dormant and waits becuase it is hot and dry.. Well, we have been hot but with 20+ inches of rain over the past 2 months, well, lets just say it is not dry, lol...


Yep.. I know a few folks that have roped Dexters.. Generally they are not very highstrung but there are a couple this year that are high headed jerks.. Mabe I will practice on them :lol: :lol: I know there is one out there that is just nuts and would be an enjoyable experience to rope :mad:
 
IL Rancher said:
wn the 3 year old female I have.. Dexter sire, AngusXMaine mom... Not a very big cow.. but not small either.. Pretty thick throughout.. Different build than anything else I have.
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I like the beef from a Dexter, but then I like grass fed beef. But the cuts are just too small. A full t-bone an inch thick only weighs about 10 ounces. So, while I like the smaller quantity of beef I would like to have a bit larger carcass and a bit larger cuts of beef, and I think the Angus/Dexter cross would be a pretty decent compromise.
 
We have two yearling females that are crosses. The one is small and black, nothing to look at but bigger than a Dexter her age... The second yearling female is red and as big as an adult Dexter cow, not a huge difference in her from the straight females we kept except maybe a bit better put together.. She was an accident but she has grown..

We had a half Dexter Maine bull that we kept around for a while.. I think he was 1000 pounds as a two year old when we sold him.. Nothing but grass and hay... He just got a bit ornery.. He was fatter than a pig and half blind in one eye. Should have butchered him but took the cash instead.. We sold a Straight Dexter bull that was same age as him and he was only 700 or so..

I would imagine a 1/2 blood bred back to a "normal" breed would throw a good critter but the bigger you get them the further they are going to get from Dexter meat, whatever that is (And yes, I do think it has a different grain to it than the larger beef breeds).
 
Our bull is about 800-850 pounds....and is about 30 months old. I would like to get a beef that was consistently around 1200-1400 pounds. That would provide adequate beef for a family of four or five, for a year.
 

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