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<blockquote data-quote="BAGTIC" data-source="post: 344271" data-attributes="member: 3757"><p>I have a few Belted Galloways and my tenant has angus. One night I went out about 3 AM to see why one of the cows was raising such a fuss. I found her and all the other Angus bedded down on the backside of the pond dam (about 30 feet high) in a grove of trees out of the cold wind. It was about 5F degrees and about 15 mph. Not cold by northern standards. What surprised me was all of my Belties, including calves, were up on the ridge in the moonlight contentedly grazing away without a single complaint.</p><p></p><p>Some people have said their Galloways head to the ponds in hot weather but not mine. It is usually full on angus before the Belties get there so they lie in the shade somewhere. Perhaps people should go out at night and check. It may be that Galloways avoid some of the daytime heat stress by working the graveyard shift.</p><p></p><p>I know this winter was a little colder than last year and grass very sparse aafter a summer drought. While the angus were barely holding their own the Belties were actually gaining weight. If there is anything there to eat they will find it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BAGTIC, post: 344271, member: 3757"] I have a few Belted Galloways and my tenant has angus. One night I went out about 3 AM to see why one of the cows was raising such a fuss. I found her and all the other Angus bedded down on the backside of the pond dam (about 30 feet high) in a grove of trees out of the cold wind. It was about 5F degrees and about 15 mph. Not cold by northern standards. What surprised me was all of my Belties, including calves, were up on the ridge in the moonlight contentedly grazing away without a single complaint. Some people have said their Galloways head to the ponds in hot weather but not mine. It is usually full on angus before the Belties get there so they lie in the shade somewhere. Perhaps people should go out at night and check. It may be that Galloways avoid some of the daytime heat stress by working the graveyard shift. I know this winter was a little colder than last year and grass very sparse aafter a summer drought. While the angus were barely holding their own the Belties were actually gaining weight. If there is anything there to eat they will find it. [/QUOTE]
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