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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Clarkson" data-source="post: 1640114" data-attributes="member: 40567"><p>Thanks for the replies. It did not happen on our farm. My father has been running cattle here for 60 years and not problems YET. The corona virus hit and prices went to nothing. My friend said I could put my seven head of fall calves there until this fall when prices would be up. He has a beautiful place, great fences, barns to get out of the sun and he said he if the water got low he would put out fresh water. Which he did. He also checked them a couple of times a day. If he had not been checking them they would have all died. </p><p></p><p>I had to put the one surviving one down two days ago. heart breaking he was a great steer. Looked really good. He was eating fresh grass and a little feed. He drank plenty of water. He had trouble walking at first and his back feet were curled. After a few days he was standing and walking better and feet looked much better. He got a little more dull and stood less. I arrived the next morning to find him running around the barn banging off of walls hitting the gates, falling down and pressing his head into the hay. He was crazy in the eyes and looked terrified. I believe he was actually seeing things that were not there. It was time. </p><p></p><p>I have been working on our ponds all summer because I heard in the fall that it was going to be a hot summer. So, I fenced off the ponds. I never thought is was a good idea for cattle to stand in ponds. This algae feeds on nitrogen.....so they feed it while standing in it.</p><p></p><p>I am having it ours tested ASAP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Clarkson, post: 1640114, member: 40567"] Thanks for the replies. It did not happen on our farm. My father has been running cattle here for 60 years and not problems YET. The corona virus hit and prices went to nothing. My friend said I could put my seven head of fall calves there until this fall when prices would be up. He has a beautiful place, great fences, barns to get out of the sun and he said he if the water got low he would put out fresh water. Which he did. He also checked them a couple of times a day. If he had not been checking them they would have all died. I had to put the one surviving one down two days ago. heart breaking he was a great steer. Looked really good. He was eating fresh grass and a little feed. He drank plenty of water. He had trouble walking at first and his back feet were curled. After a few days he was standing and walking better and feet looked much better. He got a little more dull and stood less. I arrived the next morning to find him running around the barn banging off of walls hitting the gates, falling down and pressing his head into the hay. He was crazy in the eyes and looked terrified. I believe he was actually seeing things that were not there. It was time. I have been working on our ponds all summer because I heard in the fall that it was going to be a hot summer. So, I fenced off the ponds. I never thought is was a good idea for cattle to stand in ponds. This algae feeds on nitrogen.....so they feed it while standing in it. I am having it ours tested ASAP [/QUOTE]
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