"Dexters are addictive"
It all began with Steve's yearning for a few cattle & me spotting the Dexter cattle at the local agricultural show & jokingly telling him "you can have some of these". We started our herd in 1995 with an 8 year old registered pedigree Dexter cow & a mis-marked unregistered Dexter cow, with a calf at foot, purchased locally.
We rent grassland in the Cotswold Hills, near Cirencester. Our high welfare standards enable us to raise happy & healthy Dexter cattle naturally on grass, with minimum use of anthelmintics & antibiotics, to produce quality Dexter beef at a competitive price.
We currently have 100+ head of Dexters. All bulls & some cows are halter trained, but all are bucket trained which usually makes management tasks fairly stress free! All cattle are housed & fed haylage in the winter, as we have to be off the ground by the end of November & for ease of management. We calve all year round &the calves run with their dams until at least six months old before weaning.
In years gone by we have had success showing our Dexter cattle, but sadly the TB rules, increased costs & aging owners have put paid to that, but others are enjoying success with cattle bred by us.
We rent grassland in the Cotswold Hills, near Cirencester. Our high welfare standards enable us to raise happy & healthy Dexter cattle naturally on grass, with minimum use of anthelmintics & antibiotics, to produce quality Dexter beef at a competitive price.
We currently have 100+ head of Dexters. All bulls & some cows are halter trained, but all are bucket trained which usually makes management tasks fairly stress free! All cattle are housed & fed haylage in the winter, as we have to be off the ground by the end of November & for ease of management. We calve all year round &the calves run with their dams until at least six months old before weaning.
In years gone by we have had success showing our Dexter cattle, but sadly the TB rules, increased costs & aging owners have put paid to that, but others are enjoying success with cattle bred by us.
