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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 614295" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>x2 what Bez said.</p><p></p><p>Old and loner cows are particular ones that will start eating snow right away. Also any that aren't a 'leader'. Leader cows will be more stubborn. They might lose a bit of condition, but they won't die. Clean a path and maybe a small area near the bales. Helps if your feeding the bales in a sheltered/wooded area. Our one waterer was on the fritz (bad element) for the last couple of days. Fixed today. In that time, the yearlings and one mature bull had to lick snow if they were thirsty.</p><p></p><p>Did you get that big dump of snow on Saturday? We got over a foot and are standing at a little over 3 feet of snow. Haven't had this much since the winter of 1996-97. Just about everyday we are shoveling out. Might be a good winter to kill off the deer. Was just told at Christmas by my uncle that MN is starting to test cattle herds for TB outside of the outer limit zone in the Northeast. Scary because his buddy's herd is being tested and he is just a couple miles from the Ontario border. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 614295, member: 1682"] x2 what Bez said. Old and loner cows are particular ones that will start eating snow right away. Also any that aren't a 'leader'. Leader cows will be more stubborn. They might lose a bit of condition, but they won't die. Clean a path and maybe a small area near the bales. Helps if your feeding the bales in a sheltered/wooded area. Our one waterer was on the fritz (bad element) for the last couple of days. Fixed today. In that time, the yearlings and one mature bull had to lick snow if they were thirsty. Did you get that big dump of snow on Saturday? We got over a foot and are standing at a little over 3 feet of snow. Haven't had this much since the winter of 1996-97. Just about everyday we are shoveling out. Might be a good winter to kill off the deer. Was just told at Christmas by my uncle that MN is starting to test cattle herds for TB outside of the outer limit zone in the Northeast. Scary because his buddy's herd is being tested and he is just a couple miles from the Ontario border. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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