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poka-bee
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October 23, 2009, 11:36:08 pm »
Lone I have had both. I loved my Dexter and the milk was way better than goats milk. Goats milk in my coffee & on my cereal just didn't do it..not to forget butter, whipped and ice cream! :-D And yes, too poor to own a cow or a goat now! :evil:
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Brian D. Bray
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October 26, 2009, 07:04:09 pm »
Quote from: Lone on October 23, 2009, 08:56:42 pm
Why do folk have Dexters?
Too poor to own a real cow and too proud to have a goat.
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Actually mini's cost more than their full sized counterparts. The hobby or gentleman farmer has mini's the real but poor farmer labors are fulled sized.
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poka-bee
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October 27, 2009, 02:11:47 pm »
Brian you are right about the initial cost but the feed, conversion & impact on small pastures is way less with small animals. Not to mention at 5'2" and 110# it is much easier for me to wrangle a 5-800# animal that stands 43" compared to a 1000-1500# 50-60 " one! ;)
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October 27, 2009, 02:25:57 pm »
+ i have no use for the amount of milk that i'd get from a full size milker. even a mini would probably give me more than i need.
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November 17, 2009, 08:00:09 pm »
Well, we ended up selling our dairy goats recently and just bought a Jersey cow. As I said before, I liked the goat milk; however my family didn't seem to enjoy it quite as much (especially this year, it seemed more goaty).
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