calving update & Dexter cattle genetics

[@zaneymay]

Love you book of information on Dexters. Our first calf was born April 26.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Congratulations ZaneyMay!!

[@russsherwood5978]

thank you for another great video, i can never get enough of watching any kind of live stock, it is just relaxing to watch, be safe, be strong, be free, be blessed

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thanks Russ. Peaceful, aren't they?

[@russsherwood5978]

@@JustaFewAcresFarm they help with my p.t.s.d. and other ailments i have,, they have a calming effect on me so much that i can feel the tension leave, thank you again for the great videos, be safe, be strong, be free, be blessed

[@davidanderson9845]

That is interesting, brings science to something people don't think of as scientific.

[@anarchocapitalist]

Thank you Mr. Larson. My family and I love your channel and are almost setup to go buy our first set of dexters soon, can’t wait. Hope all is well with you and your family.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

You're welcome! Good luck with your Dexters!

[@enderrodriguez1117]

That video was awesome it answer lots of questions I had. Now it’s time to test my bull thank you very much for all your hard work !!

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

You're welcome Ender!

[@geneellens6939]

Patty is a beautiful cow and all of the babies are adorable. Thanks for all the information it was so interesting. You are so knowledgeable

[@JL-xn3zy]

You really know the details. Very impressive.👍👍👍

[@Poppy_love59]

Let me fill you in on more information about the A/2,A/2 milk. I'm 63 years old male and I suffer from what is commonly called Leaky gut syndrome or as the medical terminology calls it a Permeable Intestinal Disease. The reason I cannot have any dairy product is that the Casein protein is expressed in the milk of animals who produce A/1/A/2 milk or A/1 A/1. While the cows who produce only the A/2 A/2 milk lack the Casein Protein at least it isn't as much as in the other A/1 variants. So when I consume any dairy product that contains the Casein Protein, that protein along with other things can leak out of my intestine into the abdominal cavity and travel freely within my body. My bodies immune response reacts to that protein as an invader and activate by causing inflammation throughout my internal organs. It also causes my immune system to attack my own organs and bones by miss-identifying the Casein Protein in those organs as bad microbes. I ended up with a lot of Auto Immune disorders as a result of that. It attacked my thyroid, then it attacked my Bones by trying to repair what it believed were breaks in my bones, but they were in actuality my joints. And most recently I was diagnosed with M.S. (Multiple Sclerosis), which is when my own immune system attacks the outside lining of my nerves called a Myelin Sheath around those nerve fibers. Those sheaths become inflamed and it leads to a loss of function from those nerves, it is also for me quite painful. So there you have it the reason that A/2 Milk is so important to many others nesides those who suffer from lactose intolerance.

[@incorrigiblycuriousD61]

Damn, exact same except no MS. You explained that better than most doctors!

[@adamfontana537]

Great video. Love genetics talk.

[@ruth9396]

The Irish Dexters were actually banned from breeding in Ireland in the late 1700"s. That when they first discovered that the breed were Chondro carriers. Without the Chondro carriers, we wouldn't have the breed. We raise Irish Dexters as well. We started in 2014. We do have a Chondro bull that we breed to non-chondro cows. So far he has produced only heifers that are chondro carriers. I can't wait for when he produces a chondro bull calf. Oh, and btw, not all Chondro's are the same. Some display severe dwarf properties and some do not. Luckily for us, ours does not. :) I love your videos! :) I love how frank you are and upfront about what you believe in and sharing that with us.

[@timduncan8450]

Dwarfism bankrupted many Hereford breeders 70 years back. Why on earth would anyone knowingly propagate the gene?

[@ruth9396]

I don't think the chondro gene is the same in the Herefords. It was discovered a very long time ago, that if you breed a chondro with a non-chondro, you do not get the dreaded bull dog calf. Maybe those breeders didn't know about not breeding 2 dwarves together? Genetic testing has come along way. And second point. Chondro carriers can out produce any long legged variety of cattle. They eat far less and can maintain their condition. So if you compare costs. It is cheaper lb per lb to raise.

[@vrushalmodake9348]

Love from India 😘

[@jobygochoco2731]

you sound just like my genetics professor in medical school, a long time ago....great video as usual...

[@incorrigiblycuriousD61]

Casein and whey are easier to digest if A2 from claims I've seen. I drink kefir with 30 billion healthy bacteria or dairy goes through me like food poisoning. Lactaid pills address only part of the problem. People in India have no problem with a2 dairy but don't handle a1 very well. Interesting stuff. BTW you make a great ambassador for Dexter cattle.

[@ronaldvankappel5505]

VERY INTERESTING THANKS

[@timh9407]

Awesome Answered my biggest question.

[@gore1]

6:41 is that Sammy? 😀

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Yep! He always wants attention.

[@opcn18]

Lactose intolerance is caused by loss of the lactase enzyme that's expressed on the brush border of the duodenal epithelium (a functional protein that is made on the fuzzy surface of the inside of the first part of the intestines after the stomach). Lactose is a disaccharide (two unit sugar) like sucrose (table sugar) or maltose (from beer), your intestines have to break down those disaccharides in the lumen (inside the tube) before they can be absorbed through the wall. If the sugar isn't broken down it's not absorbed, and when it gets to the colon it becomes food for a lot of bacteria and bacterial overgrowth causes gastrointestinal distress. It really is about the genetics of the human drinking the milk, and the sugar in the milk (not the protein).

[@samsally3581]

Cows that are feed a non natural diet (gmo feed) the cow will produce trait characteristics that army”normal”

[@opcn18]

@@samsally3581 no, the pro Tien in the cows milk is produced by the cow based on the genetics of the cow and what the cow eats does not change those genetics. Additionally, the sugar is always going to be lactose, 100% of the time, has been for millions of years. We have thousands of years of human, genetic history, showing the relationship between lactase enzymes produced by humans and cow milk in the diet. None of that has anything to do with GMO’s.

[@ElementalDexters]

Great video. I only wish you had mentioned both registries or none at all.

[@damienmason4375]

Any chance you could go more into depth on Chondrodysplasia what if two Cn breed Also how did you breed it out or did you just cull them Do other small breeds like lowline catttle also have Chondrodysplasia

[@larrymoore6640]

Pete since you burn the horns buds at birth wouldn't you be better to breed that trace into your herd. How could you tell that the new calf had this trace by an examination or would you have to test for it???

[@kladpapier]

They can't breed it in, there are no naturally polled Dexter cattle. If someone tries to pass it off as such, it means Angus or some other breed was mixed in at some point.

[@johnfarmer1691]

useful

[@armandodiaz67]

Thanks for all the great info. I'm just put a deposit on my first cow/calf... a red dexter. One thing that is a future worry.... How do you deal with inbreeding? How about doing a video on that?

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIDNnZRqmat7qtk

[@starshine8169]

so the pure bred Dexter breed is A2 A2 ? or A1A2 ?

[@rjhill8286]

Pete, you mentioned UC Davis and genetics testing. Is there a point of contact there and what is the average cost for testing chondrodysplasia?

[@ruth9396]

You can contact them directly and it's about 25 bucks

[@karenbarger6642]

...wow, I did NOT know all the claims made about a2 milk for curing ailments(!). However, I will dip my oar into this conversation by saying that I’ve (and all the women in my family, German heritage) been SEVERELY lactose-intolerant since age 12. I have a Nubian goat whose milk I could handle (I think they might be naturally a2) and recently began milking an a2 Jersey...and have been delighted and surprised that we can all drink her milk FEARLESSLY. I mentioned this on a blog I’m on and we all wondered if it was the a2 milk or that the milk was raw and unprocessed. There is merit either way...!

[@sksee882002]

Can I ask ? Why some of your cows had horn and some dont ? Purposely dont have it dehorn?

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

We have 2 cows with horns, which we purchased that way. We dehorn all the calves born on our farm.

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@JustaFewAcresFarm I bred my first two cows back in the eighties, purebred American Milking Shorthorn, to a Fullblood Simmental for their second calf. I was spending an hour trying to find the horn buttons on the calves when born, as Swiss Simmental were almost all full horned. Turn out one female was "peak polled" as since the calves were female, they had NO horns. But the next year all bull calves had horns, so it must follow the female or male line?. It was pretty funny at the time. Shave her head looking for those buttons.

[@michellewilliams257]

Pasture puppies..

[@thegracklepeck]

Oh weird! Bulldog calves look really odd. Guess you have lots of little things to keep track of when breeding animals.

[@seanstephens8121]

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[@McClureOutdoor]

All that complexity and it just randomly happened over time? Don't think so.

[@antonybarnstormer6285]

Great video thank you