April 2012

The Copper deficient cattle I have seen have always been in situations where the animals were not grazing and were fed all purpose feeds that were tailored to sheep. Most sheep feeds, general purpose feeds, and general purpose mineral blocks are extremely low in Copper because sheep, (especially Suffolks and similar breeds) have trouble with [...]

Dexters come in several colors, although they are always solid colored; never spotted. Many have white on their udder. The three basic colors are Black, Dun, and Red. However, animals that are black at birth can sun fade and look quite red, especially their first summer. They will go back to black when their hair [...]

There are basically two kinds of Dexters, and lots of names for each. They are: Short Leg, Classic Dexter, Dwarf, Achondroplastic or Chondrodysplastic Dwarf, Beef Type, Heterozygote, Carrier, Affected. Long Leg, Normal, Kerry Type, Dairy Type, Proportionate, Homozygous Normal. The problem is that most of the names are either inaccurate or offending. For instance, the [...]

Taken from an article by Owen Hembry, “Blood is thicker than water, after all.” Article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) February 8, 2009 MILKY FINDINGS: Anyone hoping that a study by the European Food Safety Authority would settle once and for all the argument surrounding the safety of A1 and A2 milk will [...]