Stephen is a wonderful bull,
and a fine example of the attributes that make the Dexter breed so popular.
He is amazingly patient, calm and friendly, and is very
respectful of us and the rest of the herd. He enjoys daily
interaction with us, he is very easy to handle, and he is an
eager participant in frequent brushing and focused attention.
Stephen takes very good care of his cows and calves, and is a
constant source of pleasure and satisfaction. It is hard
to imagine a better bull for our homesteading efforts than
Stephen!
Willow was born and raised here
at the ranch, and her calm and peaceful demeanor make her a
popular member of our herd. She was born February 27,
2017. Willow has a coppery light
dun coat, and sweet eyes that smile in response to a good
brushing. She also has a well-balanced conformation and is a strong, heavy,
healthy girl. Willow is A2/A2, homozygous polled, 100%
grass-fed organic, halter trained, and a very good mother.
Willow
has a nicely formed udder that is well attached, well
balanced, and held
tightly. She is very excited about milking, she stands
well throughout the process, and her milk is delicious!
Honey is our sweetest, most easy-going cow.
Honey wants to be brushed and petted as often as possible, and
as we approach she will stand still and put her head down to
tell us that she is ready. Honey is heavy, healthy, and
holds her weight well throughout the year. She is dun,
A2N, and heterozygous polled. Honey is
very nicely halter
trained and leads effortlessly.
Honey has a generous udder and provides a large
amount of milk for her calves. Honey is an excellent,
sweet mother, and consistently raises outstanding calves.
Treva is our cutest, calmest
and most gentle cow, and it is impossible
to hide anything from her because she has the most amazing
sense of smell. Treva also greatly
enjoys being the center of attention. She is dun, A2/A2,
heterozygous polled, and halter trained.
Treva has a milk-cow
conformation and a compact udder held high and tight.
Treva is eager to participate in milking, and has the perfect
milk cow personality and demeanor. She milks easily as
she stands sweetly in the pasture for us without any complaint
or restraint
throughout the process, and her milk is creamy and delicious.
Ginger was born February 28, 2018 to our wonderful cow
Honey. Ginger is calm and gentle like her mother, and has a
beautiful dun coat and a heavy, balanced conformation.
Ginger is halter trained, A2/A2,
homozygous polled, and 100% grass-fed organic.
Ginger has an excellent udder that is well formed
and perfect for milking. She is very excited about being
milked, she stands perfectly throughout the process without
complaint, and her delicious milk has a very high percentage of
cream.
Taffy was born February 20, 2018 to our outstanding cow Dulcinea. Taffy is sweet and friendly, and loves to be the
center of attention.
Taffy is
halter trained, dun, A2/A2, heterozygous polled, and 100%
grass-fed organic.
Taffy
has a plump, well-formed udder. She runs excitedly to the
corral to be milked, and her milk is very creamy and delicious.
On February 24, 2019, our
wonderful cow Willow delivered a
beautiful little girl named Maribelle ("Belle"). Willow is an
incredibly sweet girl, and Belle is just like her mother
(homozygous sweet!). On the day that she was born, we found Willow and Belle in a cozy
cove among the brush, enjoying the morning sun and resting
peacefully. Belle allowed us to fully pet and brush her
from the moment we first sat down with her. Belle has an
amazingly friendly, confident personality, and is always a daily
joy to interact with. She is halter trained, black, A2/A2,
homozygous polled, and 100% grass-fed organic.
Belle is an exceptional cow of the
highest quality and demeanor, and she has a very well-structured
udder.
She gets very excited at milking time, she gives generously
while cooperating perfectly, and her milk is
incredibly creamy and delicious!
On April 28, 2022, our wonderful
Dexter cow Honey delivered us a sweet little boy named “Beau”.
Beau was born during the early morning hours in the forest at
the edge of our front pasture, providing Honey with shelter from
the night as the herd rested peacefully under the stars in the
soft grass not far away. While our cows usually hide their
newborn calf for a few days, Honey quickly appeared with Beau as
she grazed that morning alongside the herd. Beau is strong,
healthy and beautiful, and he was fully integrated into herd
that same day. He is also completely tame and trusting, and is
already enjoying daily brushing and hugs!
Beau is being
raised as a steer.
Beau is being raised 100% organically, with no
exposure to chemicals of any kind, and is 100% grass-fed on
our native pastures.
New Year's Day, 1/1/2023, arrived full of anticipation as our cow
Maribelle was two days overdue for delivering her calf. Her
udder was tight as she had been carrying a generous amount of
milk the night before, and thus we knew the calf would arrive at
any time. As our herd paraded through cool, dewy winter pastures
towards our barn for their breakfast bale, we noticed that
Maribelle wasn't among them. After a brief search we found her
at the edge of the tree line close to our house with a tiny wet
boy wobbling by her side. Born just minutes before, "Brazos"
toddled around his mama and then over to me to sniff noses and
receive his very first hug to welcome him into the world.
Maribelle enjoyed a special breakfast treat before we left her
and Brazos to bond and nap as they lay peacefully amid golden
grasses under the cheerful boughs of yaupon hollies heavy with
bright red berries. Thank you Maribelle for your own special
fireworks to start off the New Year!
Brazos has a superior personality and demeanor,
being gentle, considerate, predictable, and very sweet natured.
Brazos is also very nicely halter-trained, and has been walked
daily for more than two months. He loves to be petted, brushed
and hugged!
Brazos is being
raised as a steer, with no
exposure to chemicals of any kind, and is 100% grass-fed on
our native pastures.
Ginger enjoyed her meal of sweet hay at our barn as I brushed
her lightly and fluffed her tail. She was wide and heavy in her
late pregnancy, and her udder had been filling for several days
and was plump. She was calm and confident, and remained with the
herd throughout the day as they wandered our large front pasture
in search of freshly sprouted winter grasses. It had been an
exciting week with the arrival of precious new calves from Taffy
and Maribelle, and now it was Ginger's turn to punctuate the
week with a gift of her own. The evening was dry and cool, with
clear starry skies to comfort our girl as she brought us another
sweet little boy by the light of dawn. Drawn by the lure of
fresh morning hay and a few moments of adulation, Ginger led her
fluffy little boy to the barn and awaited our excited arrival.
As she stood apart from the herd with her boy tight by her side,
Ginger gently encouraged him to toddle forward to meet us and
receive a tender welcome before leading him off to the privacy
of the oak forest not far down the path. Introducing Ginger's
Roger, the latest addition to our Dexter family!
Roger was
born 1/6/2023, and is being raised as a steer. Roger has
no exposure to chemicals of any kind, and is 100% grass-fed on
our native pastures.
Honey rested quietly in the middle of the sunny, windswept
expanse of our front pasture. While most of our cows prefer a
private, secluded spot for their delivery, Honey couldn't find
privacy because she is our herd leader and is followed anywhere
she goes. As morning grazing gave way to an afternoon nap in the
sun-warmed spring grasses, the herd continued to follow and was
close by as I approached to check on her condition. While Willow
stood by attentively to keep the herd away from her mama, the
time arrived and tiny little Gracie entered the world to a
loving mama and a plentiful udder. Honey's enthusiastic cleaning
had Gracie standing on wobbly legs within a few short minutes,
and she quickly discovered how to obtain sweet cream a few
moments after that. Gracie toddled around as the herd greeted
her enthusiastically, and then she and Honey laid down to rest
and recover. It was a wonderful place to enter the world -- a
place of peace and contentment, of family and of abundance.
Welcome to the ranch little Gracie!
Gracie was born 3/16/2023, and
is homozygous polled, A2/A2, and very well halter trained.
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