Russell Petrie Or wondering if there is still a bread roll in my pocket. 🐂😄

Me too! I’m in the US there are Dexters in my neighborhood I love them

Simon Hathaway I like happy carpeted Simon.🐂👍

Sam Evans, do you also feed supplements or can they graze all year on your acre? I found out about Dexters a few years ago but only got my land recently. I am thinking I would love a couple of Dexters instead of sheep. Any issues with predators? May I ask where you are located in Cali? Thank you!

@@thisorthat7626 Unfortunately in my neck of the woods we don't get enough rain to have enough grass on an acre so I just feed hay year round, which isn't ideal, but they do well. I do occasionally feed supplements like grain to my cow because I milk her and she needs that boost. I also provide mineral/salt, but you need that no matter where you are. And I haven't had a single predator issue despite there being all sorts around my place like bobcats, coyotes, bears and mountain lions. Best of luck!

@@samevans2601 Thank you for the information. Good that predators aren't an issue.

Reg Sparkes One of the beauties of Dexters Reg, they rarely need any help from us. Apart from making sure they have enough fodder, they do everything else themselves. 🐂👍

It works for us, and only took 30 years to achieve it 🙂😬😄👍🏼

@@FarmerP why don't you keep sheep instead? do Dexter's produce more milk than sheep?

@@ff-ti7nj Yes, and are a lot less hassle than sheep too. I keep both. 🙂

Dave G. I absolutely agree, happy cattle produce the best beef. If you want a beef pack you can order it through our Farmer P, Bradley farm page Dave, your name is then put on a beef box. The next two packs are likely to be under 20kg as they are smaller steers. We have a couple of packs available for the end of a November.

On the Organic front. I tried it for 18 years. Trying to farm 100% organic today is just not an option. In the last ten years our country has been invaded with many foreign and invasive plants that our eco system has no natural defence against, on top of that we have a large industrial site South West of us that holds a handsome crop of Ragwort and thistle plants that seem to love dumping their seed all across us every year. Another issue with claiming organic status is how much chemical crap falls out of the sky every time it rains, not much I can do about that. So, no I don’t claim to be 100% organic, I can’t do it, however we limit chemical spraying to the bare minimum, only treating one or two parcels of pasture every other year with a broadleaf herbicide to knock back any Docks, thistles, ragwort, buttercups and nettles. Everything in moderation.

Look at YT channel 'Just A Few Acres Farm'. Pete, his Dexters and breeding.

true. when a farmer is in love with a breed, very little can go wrong

Aaron pickering Morning Aaron 👍

Antony farming Thanks Antony.👍

Darren Brett I recon they need at least 40 months to do a decent job Darren.

Our bales would be around 350 kg, we bale them quite dry as Haylage. 🙂

Life is a Challenge mee Morning sir.

Kevin Sawyer Not a stupid question at all Kevin. Dearer size depends on the breeding, the usual practice is to put a short legged bull on a long legged cow, or vice versa. I have always put long on long because I wanted a bigger beast for beef production. The animals in this video are cows and their 2019 calves, so the larger animals here are fully mature. Bovines are herd animals and although you can keep just one I would prefer they had company. The normal routine to get started would be to buy three in calf heifers, or an in calf cow and a young steer or whatever combination would suit your set up. I recon you can run 1.5 cattle per acre if you have good ground.

That depends entirely on the quality of the land, but 1.5 is quite possible on good ground if you manage your grass and worm burden.

@@FarmerP Cheers for the reply pal, nice one. Good channel.

SonnyJim 's hobbies and garden life. We are in Gloucestershire.

They are fine to put on a lead and walk around a show ring, but if you want to put beef in the freezer….. Go long. 🙂👍🏼

@@FarmerP why is that?

Anthony Cowley I upload in the small hours Anthony so I don’t soak up all the interweb juice and annoy the family. 👍😄

yerac J Look for Farmer P. Bradley farm

paddygoesracing Dexters come in three colours. Black... Most common. Red... less common. Dunn... not very common at all.

Farmer P cool thanks . Do u breed the red 1s with a black bull and get red calfs

paddygoesracing It really an go either way, you can get a red or Dunn from black parents, a black or Dunn calf from red parents, and a dun from any combination as well.

Farmer P ah rite thanks for reply

XPreciousGaming I just press the upload button when I trot off to bed 👍😄