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Post by jamshundred on Jul 5, 2015 22:16:47 GMT
Time to get your Dexters off the blacklist owners, and come on over and enjoy the perks with Legacy! Genotype and registration as low as $30.00. Why more for less?
LegacyDexterCattleRegistry.com
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Post by LoriG on Oct 21, 2015 13:21:14 GMT
Hello, Judy! Just a quick note to let you know I'm now registered here.
Hello to everyone.
I've been raising Colorado legacy dexters for only a few years. Enjoying every minute of it! Our girls gave birth to their first calves this year, Aurora just yesterday. A bull. A healthy, frisky little guy about 25 lbs.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 14:50:39 GMT
Hi Lori, We also have recently started a separate herd of Colorado Dexters. They will remain a closed herd separate from the existing Legacy herd I have.
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Post by LoriG on Oct 21, 2015 21:49:40 GMT
Ours will remain closed as well. I'm really lovin the dexters. So friendly. We also have a couple of belted galloways that we breed with our Dexter bull, Orphues for a nice beef. They are an incredibly easy, friendly breed as well
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Post by genebo on Oct 21, 2015 22:09:27 GMT
Lori,
Hello! I like your choice of Dexters to start a herd. I tried for years to buy a single Colorado cow, before Judy began DNA genotyping them and connecting the pedigrees. I bought one half Colorado cow, but sold her after getting a really nice heifer out of her.
Did you know that the American Livestock Breed Conservancy once held a blind taste testing of beef that was all from rare breeds? With an Angus and a Hereford thrown in for comparison. All of the rare breeds had been raised on grass at the ALBC farm. In the voting, the winner was a Pineywoods Lineback, that you are unlikely to ever see. Second was a Galloway, the old style that was a solid color. Third was Dexter. Those were the only breeds that received a first place vote. So your cross between a Dexter and a Belted Galloway should be expected to produce some tasty beef.
Of course, Dexter beef has won many contests around the world. It is the best beef I've ever put in my mouth. I just had a T-bone for lunch. Yumm!
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Post by Blessings Farms on Oct 22, 2015 0:09:53 GMT
Welcome Lori I to am new to Dexters . Sounds like you have a good start .
Good Luck
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Post by LoriG on Oct 25, 2015 10:56:34 GMT
This is the first year that Orpheus is big enough to breed the galloways. Last year I learned how to AI and did the galloways then. So this year we have Galloway calves and next year half and half. We are looking forward to them. We raise small amounts of grass fed beef here on Briarhook Farm for private sale.
We are considering raising up our newest bull for sale intact. Would anyone be interested in him? If so I will do the registration paperwork on him when I do Nyx's. Otherwise we will steer him. We would not let him go to a new home for at least six months or so to give him plenty of time on mom.
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Post by jamshundred on Oct 25, 2015 14:59:57 GMT
Lori,
he is Colorado Mom and Sire right? Post a pic of him. Use the add attachment button. If need be I will trade a bull for meat for him. These arebthevrarest bloodlines in yhe WORLD, so hooefully more and more breeders will become aware of the need to preserve foundation genetics. Currently, yhey do NOT, and that reminds me the preservation website needs an article as to the difference of modern versus foundation!
judy
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Post by LoriG on Oct 26, 2015 15:21:16 GMT
 His sire is Orpheus and he is out of Aurora. Two of the three we acquired from the Davis' herd. I have yet to know which of her old herd are the mothers of our three but we do have sire ID obtained from the genetic material I sent in, Judy. Are there more genomes available now to type for their mothers?L I have a lot of pics available of all of our dexters and galloways to be found on my FB for Briarhook Farm. I can send you pics via email as well. |
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Post by LoriG on Jan 7, 2016 11:25:02 GMT
Just quick update. Ajax is growing like a weed. Very friendly. Have been handling him and though a bit shy allows touching/ petting. Attachments:
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Post by LoriG on Jan 8, 2016 0:30:56 GMT
 Newest pic of Ajax with mom, Aurora.....sigh won't load.. And i have loaded these on my FB page...briarhookfarm along with a pic of his sire, Orpheus. Please take a look. hah! Got it to load! There you go! |
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Post by wvdexters on Jan 8, 2016 5:32:06 GMT
Handsome fellow.
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Post by LoriG on Jan 14, 2016 16:20:08 GMT
Thanks. He's got more brown than either parent did when young.
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