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Anyone seen a Brahman up north?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nite Hawk" data-source="post: 972810" data-attributes="member: 18682"><p>Australian,</p><p>I do believe you may have cool temperatures where you are, but until you can say you that regularly in the winter have <strong>minus</strong>--30* degrees farenheit ( below 0 F* that is, with feezing temperature at 32*, as you are probably on the celsius scale with freezing at zero degrees)</p><p> to <strong>minus</strong>---40*farenheit (below 0*farenheit) in the winter with it dipping down to <strong>minus</strong> --50* farenheit on occasion. </p><p>I don't think we would consider your area cold at all.</p><p>When it is that cold your eyes and nose tries to freeze shut, and you can get frostbite in your lungs unless you cover your face and mouth. You touch metal door knobs and <em>instantly </em>you have electrical type feeling from the frostbite, and instantly your flesh tends to stick to the metal.</p><p>Now that is COLD, and that is what cattle in our area live outside in, on the ranches in this area. I do know people who have brahma cross rodeo stock in this area, and they seem to survive, but not sure how well they <strong>thrive.</strong></p><p>At those temperatures the cattle need lots of food to keep warm, or a good thick hair / hide and a layer of fat. That is why for years herefords were so popular in this area,till rancher discovered that other breeds of cattle could survive and do well around here.</p><p>Not running brahma cattle down, as I am sure they have their place, but in this area it isn't too uncommon for new born calves to freeze their ears and tails, and sometimes to the point parts of them fall off.</p><p>Most people now wait until about Feb or march to try for a calving season to wait for a bit of milder weather.</p><p>Nite Hawk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nite Hawk, post: 972810, member: 18682"] Australian, I do believe you may have cool temperatures where you are, but until you can say you that regularly in the winter have [b]minus[/b]--30* degrees farenheit ( below 0 F* that is, with feezing temperature at 32*, as you are probably on the celsius scale with freezing at zero degrees) to [b]minus[/b]---40*farenheit (below 0*farenheit) in the winter with it dipping down to [b]minus[/b] --50* farenheit on occasion. I don't think we would consider your area cold at all. When it is that cold your eyes and nose tries to freeze shut, and you can get frostbite in your lungs unless you cover your face and mouth. You touch metal door knobs and [i]instantly [/i]you have electrical type feeling from the frostbite, and instantly your flesh tends to stick to the metal. Now that is COLD, and that is what cattle in our area live outside in, on the ranches in this area. I do know people who have brahma cross rodeo stock in this area, and they seem to survive, but not sure how well they [b]thrive.[/b] At those temperatures the cattle need lots of food to keep warm, or a good thick hair / hide and a layer of fat. That is why for years herefords were so popular in this area,till rancher discovered that other breeds of cattle could survive and do well around here. Not running brahma cattle down, as I am sure they have their place, but in this area it isn't too uncommon for new born calves to freeze their ears and tails, and sometimes to the point parts of them fall off. Most people now wait until about Feb or march to try for a calving season to wait for a bit of milder weather. Nite Hawk [/QUOTE]
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