Heating Up

[Bright Raven]

 

[True Grit Farms]

Humidity was fairly low last week so it wasn't to bad.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Ron, the one on the right in the creek is going to explode at any moment.

 

[kenny thomas]

Thought an environmental officer would have his cattle out of the stream. Lol

 

[kenny thomas]

On a serious note, many of us have fenced the streams and ponds and put in water systems. I feel the cattle are not doing as well in the heat.

 

[cowrancher75]

looks like that expensive mineral isn't working

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

looks like that expensive mineral isn't working

Based upon what?

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Mine took for a swim the other day when it got up to 90.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Mine took for a swim the other day when it got up to 90.

How do you get an image to post that size vs the postage stamp size?

I'm on an iPad.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Pretty picture by the way.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

I'm using flicker image hosting, and just use the share using BBcode

But if you use this site
https://postimages.org/

Upload your picture, choose the size you want, then copy and paste the "Hotlink for forums".

 

[greybeard]

Exactly what sim.-ang.king said. It's really easy, but don't upload huge pictures via postimage. It will take a lot longer, often bring postimage upload to a halt, and 640x480 is more than adequate for most message boards.

this is a 640x480 sized image.

 

[Ky hills]

On a serious note, many of us have fenced the streams and ponds and put in water systems. I feel the cattle are not doing as well in the heat.

We put in a couple water systems, but still have ponds in all but one of our pastures, it's used mainly as a hayfield until late in the season. Lots around here fence out ponds too, but I think they need them. I see ours in them often in the warmer months. On a side note our red cattle are in the ponds at about the same rate as black ones. When I had white Charolais they frequented the ponds too so I'm not sure how much bearing that colors has on it.

 

[greybeard]

I've never seen a single one of my cattle standing in the water..except one newborn-2day old that fell off in a deep canal.
(flood times being an exception)
Almost all of mine are white and/or red.

 

[Nesikep]

We don't have any water for them to stand in... and they actually HATE the water from the sprinklers, even when it's hot

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Fescue makes their feet hotter than normal, so they like to have a place to cool their heels.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

All our cows enjoy the water. We don't discriminate in the least.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Fescue makes their feet hotter than normal, so they like to have a place to cool their heels.

I know. We fight the 'cue every summer.

 

[cowrancher75]

looks like that expensive mineral isn't working

Based upon what?

it was a joke.. they claim that mineral will keep them out of the water and grazing.

 

[TCRanch]

I've never seen a single one of my cattle standing in the water..except one newborn-2day old that fell off in a deep canal.
(flood times being an exception)
Almost all of mine are white and/or red.

How 'bout darn near submerged?