I was just looking back on here and realized that I don't have any pictures up of my 2 dexters!! We got our 2 girls from Dan and Ellen Riopelle in the Ottawa Valley about one and a half years ago. I wasn't really into the cattle as I grew up with Shorthorns but I needed nourishment for my gardens and these came up so my cattle herd began. As we have 3 young boys and a city slicker husband, we were looking for a breed that wasn't high strung and large like some I have been around. We did some research and realized that some of these mini breeds might be good for us. I knew after seeing the Dexter breed at a local farm that if I was going to have cattle again, then this is exactly what we were looking for. In a couple of weeks we will have a new addition, a bull, to help get us on the way to expand the herd and I am looking forward to trying to milk the one dexter I have been conditioning to do so. I am also looking forward to having our own meat, but that will be a couple of years for that! For now we will enjoy them as they are! The top picture is of Whisper and the bottom picture is Willow.
Choosing to farm naturally, we have started a small Dexter herd, raise chickens, pigs and vegetables, and in the future - fruits, sheep and maybe a horse or two. We have worked hard to get here - follow our journey through it all.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Whisper and Willow...My Sweet Little Dexters
I was just looking back on here and realized that I don't have any pictures up of my 2 dexters!! We got our 2 girls from Dan and Ellen Riopelle in the Ottawa Valley about one and a half years ago. I wasn't really into the cattle as I grew up with Shorthorns but I needed nourishment for my gardens and these came up so my cattle herd began. As we have 3 young boys and a city slicker husband, we were looking for a breed that wasn't high strung and large like some I have been around. We did some research and realized that some of these mini breeds might be good for us. I knew after seeing the Dexter breed at a local farm that if I was going to have cattle again, then this is exactly what we were looking for. In a couple of weeks we will have a new addition, a bull, to help get us on the way to expand the herd and I am looking forward to trying to milk the one dexter I have been conditioning to do so. I am also looking forward to having our own meat, but that will be a couple of years for that! For now we will enjoy them as they are! The top picture is of Whisper and the bottom picture is Willow.
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