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<blockquote data-quote="cherokeeruby" data-source="post: 329801" data-attributes="member: 199"><p>I am sure English cattle have no trouble getting enough water eating snow, but Brahmans have no experience with snow and can die of thirst during extended cold spells. We had a cold spell in '83 where the temperature never got above freezing for over a week and I know a guy that lost a lot of Brahmans that winter.</p><p></p><p>When we first got Brahmans a funny little story on the ice breaking story happened. The pond was frozen pretty deep and I was down there chopping my heart out. The cows came wandering over and I called them to where I was chopping. They ignored me and continued on to another spot on the edge of the pond. One of the older cows about 1400 lbs stepped out on the ice and stood still all four feet planted solid. I was yelling for her to get off knowing she would crash through. I heard the ice start to creak and groan. The ice broke in a cow shaped rectangle. She calmly backed up, began the drink and the rest of the cows joined her. Maybe they are smarter than we think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cherokeeruby, post: 329801, member: 199"] I am sure English cattle have no trouble getting enough water eating snow, but Brahmans have no experience with snow and can die of thirst during extended cold spells. We had a cold spell in '83 where the temperature never got above freezing for over a week and I know a guy that lost a lot of Brahmans that winter. When we first got Brahmans a funny little story on the ice breaking story happened. The pond was frozen pretty deep and I was down there chopping my heart out. The cows came wandering over and I called them to where I was chopping. They ignored me and continued on to another spot on the edge of the pond. One of the older cows about 1400 lbs stepped out on the ice and stood still all four feet planted solid. I was yelling for her to get off knowing she would crash through. I heard the ice start to creak and groan. The ice broke in a cow shaped rectangle. She calmly backed up, began the drink and the rest of the cows joined her. Maybe they are smarter than we think. [/QUOTE]
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