Comments on: Have a Dexter Dairy Cow

By: Deb

Deb — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:38:11 +0000

Questions on milking Dexters I may have missed it but how long is your production time. I just bought a polled red Dexter heifer A2 that I plan on milking I want the butter/cream. Another Dexter breeder told me the Dexters are not good milkers they dry up when their calves are taken about 2 mths? We wean at 3-4 mths old. Now got me to thinking I also have dairy goats, maybe the dairy traits on Dexters are being lost because they are not being milked and milking/dairy is very genetic. So curious to see what you think

By: mary g

mary g — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:37:08 +0000

anyone in Michigan USA raising these cows?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:47:18 +0000

Kathy,
How separate is separate? Can they see and touch yet not nurse? Also, make sure mom has plenty of water to drink all night. Then when you tie mom to milk also tie calf so they are head to head. Milk mom and go process the milk. Leave the calf and mom tied so she can’t nurse for about an hour. Then take them to pasture. If mom nurses immediately after you are done she will hold up and not let down the milk.

By: Trailbzr

Trailbzr — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:10:06 +0000

Try some mare and foul feed from southern states to promote more milk development