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Raising Quality Registered Irish Dexter Cattle
 
 
 
 
Irish Dexter : The perfect cow for small acreage farms
 
The Irish Dexter Cattle are a rare breed raised for both beef and milk. They are small , making them easy on pastures, hardy, low maintenance, and having good temperments they are gentle and easy to handle. Known for being easy calvers they generally need no assistance calving. Dexters can have horns or be polled and can be black , red, or dun in color. Because Dexters are good foragers they economically turn grass and marginal scrubland into lean good quality beef and rich milk . With all their good qualities they have been growing in popularity as an old fashioned family cow.
  
 
We are a small  family farm located east of Arlington next to the foot hills of the Mt. Baker 
 Snoqualmie National  Forest.  Here at Heather Meadows Dexter Farm we strive to farm 
using sustainable methods in harmony with our enviornment. Our Dexters are raised  all
natural in pastures with no hormones, antibiotics, chemical pesticides, or herbicides, believing
 pastured, and grass fed they are truly healthier and happier. We handle our Dexters from birth
with care, haulter training and working with them for breeding and show. You can see the
gentleness and good temperment of Dexters as you walk among them out in the pasture, watching
them eagerly come up to you wanting brushed and petting. We milk a couple of our cows enjoying
 the rich milk making creamy butter and good tasting cheese. Our grass fed and finished Dexter is
lean, tender, providing our customers with wholesome and great tasting beef.
 We grow 3 different varieties of blueberries and apples, as well as other fruits such as peaches, pears,
cherries, and plums. From our garden we harvest vegetables grown naturally fresh picked in season 
using our own composted manure for fertilizer.     
                                                                                                                           

              Thistle has had our first calf of 2012. She is a beautiful                                All tuckered out
                   red heifer.

  Thistle giving us a calf came as a surprise, as we saw her miscarry and moved her  away from our bulls. It never ceases to amaze me what God can do. She must have been carrying twins and lost one. I thank our Lord for this blessing. She was born on April 7, at around 9:45 am, and was up and nursing by 10:20 am. Mom and calf are doing great. A good friend of ours has a son who has red hair and we decided to let him name her. Thomasina was chosen. I think he is a little  partial as his name is Thomas. We are honored to name her after him, as he is like a son to us. Roxanne is next  to calve in about 3 weeks with Clover just a week behind her. It is always an exciting time when calves are born. Check back with us as I will be adding new pictures as more babies arrive.

 
 
 
                                              
                                                                                                                                             
 

                                                                                                                  
 
 
 
 

 

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