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IaGary

02-07-2007 04:20:25

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The cattle seem to care less if they are cover in snow.

Also is there hide that insulated that they don't thaw it off?

They could go in the barn there to stay out of the snow. But no they stay outside.

Darn they look cold.

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Sandbur

02-07-2007 18:21:52

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Gary,
cattle have a good haircoat and layer of fat that insulates them from losing body heat, thus keeping the snow on their backs. I bet as soon as it warms up or the sun penetrates their dark coats that it will then melt off.
My horses are that way also. Thick haircoat insulates them from the cold.
I always notice when I am driving around, who has good insulation in their attic and who doesn't. The well insulated attics have snow on their roofs. The ones that aren't insulated as well are melting off right away.

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RayP(MI)

02-07-2007 17:22:10

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Yeah, we"ve had cattle with snow on their hair - but they seemed cold. Ours were holstein and guernsey, so had short hair. Now we have shetland sheep and angora goats, and the cold and snow on their backs doesn"t seem to bother them much at all. Been in the single digits above and below here lately. Most of the sheep prefer to sleep out in the open instead of in the shelter.

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Larry-Tx

02-07-2007 13:34:53

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Looks like you have a good windbreak in the background.

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johndeereman

02-07-2007 12:30:32

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

i was always told if they are used to it it is better for them i worked for a guy in high school he always kept the fans on inthe barn his cattle never saw daylight well one day it hit -30 and i unplugged the fans so i could feed them as the fans were in front of the cattle i caught holy he!!he told me i can unplug the fans throw the feed in front of them then plug them right back in he didnt care how cold it got hed rather unthaw pipes than unplug them fans he said they are used to that air moving ill be darned he was right a day or so later one of them in that aisle got pneomonia and almost died dont worry about those cattle just make sure they have plenty to eat they know more than we do how to survive the elements.

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CLW

02-07-2007 08:51:06

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Out livestock got covered with snow also.

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big jt

02-07-2007 08:40:13

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Friendly bunch also, to have 3 look up at you when taking a pic.

Don't worry if they get cold they will go inside and huddle together.

Go mess with your safe(;-{)

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02-07-2007 08:36:47

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Yeah, my horses are the same way..... ..Never go in the barn unless there's chow in there!

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Mike (WA)

02-07-2007 09:00:54

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to mj, 02-07-2007 08:36:47

When I was a kid, my dad was putting the finishing touches on a loafing barn for the dairy cattle- Big storm coming in, so he worked til 10 that night getting it done so they could come in out of the weather. Came out the next morning, and there was one little heifer in the barn, the rest were laying out in the field with rain pelting down. He said he was "never so disgusted in his whole life."

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R. John Johnson

02-07-2007 07:01:47

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Gary

Nice loking calves! How are prices down there? Don't worry about that little bit of snow on their back. Mine have had much worse than that without any side effects. After a few sunny days it will be all gone.

John

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David in Wales

02-07-2007 05:14:02

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Hi Gary;
That photo takes me back to the 1960's when I used to help out on a farm near my family home. The cattle were in an open yard with an open fronted brick built low shed.
We used to take in the hay (small bales) on trailer pulled by Fordson Super Major. The feed was barley which had been crushed (on the farm) mixed with sugar beet pulp (shreaded & dried) and cattle nuts (hi protein small cubes). Yep the cattle would often be outside rather than under the shelter of the shed. Peculiar is'nt it.
Sure do miss those days when life was not so hectic. After agric college I worked for a large farming company, all grain, potatoes & sugar beet cropping. As a 20 year old, couldnt get enough tractor driving in on new Ford 5000. At 56 I often think that I would like to go back to those mixed farming days if I had enough money to buy and run a farm. Happy memories for me though.
Cheers David

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Clint Youse

02-07-2007 04:55:16

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

My grandad always said that they were healthy if the snow and ice stayed on them and if they started sweating it of that is when they would get sick I believe him after last couple weeks. had the old cows back in pasture one of them that shed the ice before it warmed up ended up with nuemonia (forgive the spelling) rest of the herd perfectly fine.

Clint

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Dave from MN

02-07-2007 04:48:12

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Nice looking bunch, how many are ya currently raising? odd question but, what are ya using for feed?Looks like more than just ground corn, just curious

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IaGary

02-07-2007 05:01:24

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to Dave from MN, 02-07-2007 04:48:12

I run 75 cows and these are the 55 spring born calves.

Ground ear corn and hay is what I use for backgrounding them.

I will sell them in a couple of weeks as 700-750 stockers.

In July I bring in my fall born calves and wean them.
Gary

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RustyFarmall

02-07-2007 04:38:50

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to IaGary, 02-07-2007 04:20:25

Cattle can survive some pretty extreme weather, but they sure won't put on much weight in this cold weather.

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KRUSS1

02-07-2007 07:08:48

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to RustyFarmall, 02-07-2007 04:38:50

So how come cattle in Manitoba have as good gains per day as cattle further south? Most feedlots here would rather have cattle on full feed at -30 than at 90 degrees.

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Animal

02-07-2007 04:56:56

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to RustyFarmall, 02-07-2007 04:38:50

My neighbor took some hay to local auction yesterday, it was so poor his cattle would not eat it, I mean terrible hay, it brough $77 a bale! The cattle folks here were not even ready for this winter.By the way it was 4 by 5 rounds loose baled.

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mike a. tenn.

02-07-2007 05:19:00

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to Animal, 02-07-2007 04:56:56

RF...man! sounds like we've been selling ours way to cheap! it was so dry here during the summer our second cut was hardly worth the fuel to cut and bale. good thing we had a strong first cutting. i was talking to my "pardner" the other day, he does all the selling, he said he wishes we had about 3 or 4 hundred more bales to sell. everyone is out of hay here in west tenn., he's getting a couple calls a week, we coulda sold 'em all. kept plenty for ours tho.

-mike

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More hay

02-07-2007 13:23:00

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Re: Snow Cattle in reply to mike a. tenn., 02-07-2007 05:19:00

Too bad your not closer to central KY, we've got plenty, at $20 /bale, 4x5's. Haulin kills it.

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