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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1836608" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>Right now, we, and Dave, can't really do a thing and the heifers aren't in dire straights......yet. Like the thread title states "....coming". The wreck isn't actually here yet. [USER=25884]@farmerjan[/USER] is right, IF they get too bad. The thing is, we (Dave) needs to be prepared ahead of time to respond. It's too late to prepare when the disaster actually hits. If the heifers aren't conditioned for the -5 weather, they won't starve, but will start succumbing to the temp in 24-48 hrs from now. If they are OK for the temp, give them 4-6 weeks with below maintenance levels of forage mixed with the cold to get to a 'serious' condition. 'Bad' levels might start in about 2 weeks. We will be watching for a while, maybe not long, but at least several days, before we start seeing problems, unless the temp becomes an issue. Then it will be much faster. Slow motion train wrecks are painful to watch because you know what is going to happen yet you can't do a thing to stop them, and you have to wait until the wreck is done to help. You can't help during the wreck taking place usually.</p><p></p><p>Let's see how he reacts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1836608, member: 43196"] Right now, we, and Dave, can't really do a thing and the heifers aren't in dire straights......yet. Like the thread title states "....coming". The wreck isn't actually here yet. [USER=25884]@farmerjan[/USER] is right, IF they get too bad. The thing is, we (Dave) needs to be prepared ahead of time to respond. It's too late to prepare when the disaster actually hits. If the heifers aren't conditioned for the -5 weather, they won't starve, but will start succumbing to the temp in 24-48 hrs from now. If they are OK for the temp, give them 4-6 weeks with below maintenance levels of forage mixed with the cold to get to a 'serious' condition. 'Bad' levels might start in about 2 weeks. We will be watching for a while, maybe not long, but at least several days, before we start seeing problems, unless the temp becomes an issue. Then it will be much faster. Slow motion train wrecks are painful to watch because you know what is going to happen yet you can't do a thing to stop them, and you have to wait until the wreck is done to help. You can't help during the wreck taking place usually. Let's see how he reacts. [/QUOTE]
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