Hello, i am looking for advise on starting my own dexter herd. I went and looked at some dexters yesterday. I looked at two bred cows and a little bull calf. I have pretty much decided to get them, but have a few questions. First cows were put in with a bull the end of june which should hopefully have them calving next spring. My question is will my little bull calf born in febuary 2020 most likely be able to service those two cows next july? at 12-17 months. The next question is the biggest question i have. They also had a little heifer that was born on 5-20 she is in with the same bull the two big cows are in with. She would of first been exposed to the bull roughly at 13 months old. That seems to be pretty young and could lead to calving issues. What is the general time frame to breed heifers. Do they ever have calving issues? is this a huge red flag? I would rather she wasnt even in with a bull and would be able to breed her with my little bull next summer to giver her plenty of time to mature.. thank you in advance.
