Blue-green algae

[TCRanch]

How do the cattle drink from the lake?

Same lake, different view. That's the dam behind them.

 

[TCRanch]

How do the cattle drink from the lake? If you can run a pump, put the intake at 5' + deep to avoid the thermocline that the algae is in.

And yes, I get what you're saying. But with the watershed 60 acres, we had to fence off all access. Running a pump to a stock tank would be a minimum half mile. As of now, they can drink from the creek, fountain at the barn and south pond in that pasture. That said, I talked to my vet yesterday and, assuming the forecast is correct, we should get rain & lower temps probably tomorrow evening and should be able to confidently open access by the weekend.

 

[Travlr]

And yes, I get what you're saying. But with the watershed 60 acres, we had to fence off all access. Running a pump to a stock tank would be a minimum half mile. As of now, they can drink from the creek, fountain at the barn and south pond in that pasture. That said, I talked to my vet yesterday and, assuming the forecast is correct, we should get rain & lower temps probably tomorrow evening and should be able to confidently open access by the weekend.

That quickly? Really? That's amazing.

 

[MurraysMutts]

And yes, I get what you're saying. But with the watershed 60 acres, we had to fence off all access. Running a pump to a stock tank would be a minimum half mile. As of now, they can drink from the creek, fountain at the barn and south pond in that pasture. That said, I talked to my vet yesterday and, assuming the forecast is correct, we should get rain & lower temps probably tomorrow evening and should be able to confidently open access by the weekend.

I certainly hope your right!
I'm gonna wash all the cars and leave the square baler outside in hopes it pours for several days!

 

[TCRanch]

That quickly? Really? That's amazing.

It usually goes away within 2-4 weeks, closer to 2 if weather conditions change, i.e. rain, lower temps, higher wind. Weather sources are already posting alerts for potential flooding, starting tomorrow, and a 20 degree drop in temp. Yes, please!!

 

[MurraysMutts]

It usually goes away within 2-4 weeks, closer to 2 if weather conditions change, i.e. rain, lower temps, higher wind. Weather sources are already posting alerts for potential flooding, starting tomorrow, and a 20 degree drop in temp. Yes, please!!

I'll dance around in it stark ar$e naked!
Like a raving friggin lunatic!

Sorry.
No pics of that....

Can't remember being so excited about rain

 

[TCRanch]

Wrong!!!!! I haven't seen a trace in over a week and was going to open the gates and allow access today. Glad I checked first. Not only is it back in the southwest corner, there's a little on the east bank. We did get rain - a whopping .5". And cooler temps - until Wed when it's back to 100. I have some unhappy cows, but it's better than dead ones.

 

[MurraysMutts]

Wrong!!!!! I haven't seen a trace in over a week and was going to open the gates and allow access today. Glad I checked first. Not only is it back in the southwest corner, there's a little on the east bank. We did get rain - a whopping .5". And cooler temps - until Wed when it's back to 100. I have some unhappy cows, but it's better than dead ones.View attachment 19641View attachment 19642

Well that stinks!
We got rain 2 early mornings til 10 or noon.
Not as much as I would've liked. But more than half inch. So much for flooding rains. Drama weather forecasters strike again!

Am I seeing things?? Are those friggin oysters?

 

[TCRanch]

Am I seeing things?? Are those friggin oysters?

I think they're some kind of mussel. They're all over the bank and generally open, but occasionally I'll find one only partially open with a critter still inside.

 

[Lucky_P]

That's probably one of the 'heelsplitter' mussel species. There's a bunch of them.
They're all over the pond here at the house, and at our lake place, 20 miles away, but I also find quite a few 'pistol-grip' mussels in the swimming area around the boat dock there.

 

[TCRanch]

So far, so good. Opened access yesterday, about half the herd is at the lake this morning and no dead cows. 50% chance of rain this afternoon and slightly cooler temps. We'll see about that.