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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1134112" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Keep in mind that that extra hairy coat doesn;t only protect from cold, it also serves a purpose as insulation from the heat.</p><p>I don;t check our cows all that closely to see if they;ve shed out or not. The only ones it's noticeable on are the few black ones that have that old dead hair that's brown and the shiney black coat to contrast. I persoanlly don;t really care about the coat shedding, it's the possible affect of them no shedding out, i.e. not adapted well to our forage base, possible worm infestation, etc. We have qa few red cows that will shed slick and shiney one year and not shed as clean another. A spring like we've had with it 80 for a week then 50 for a week with heavy frost some nights I don;t see how they;re body can adapt to the weather. Maybe they will only half shed, that way half of them is right for the weird temp ranges we're having.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1134112, member: 34"] Keep in mind that that extra hairy coat doesn;t only protect from cold, it also serves a purpose as insulation from the heat. I don;t check our cows all that closely to see if they;ve shed out or not. The only ones it's noticeable on are the few black ones that have that old dead hair that's brown and the shiney black coat to contrast. I persoanlly don;t really care about the coat shedding, it's the possible affect of them no shedding out, i.e. not adapted well to our forage base, possible worm infestation, etc. We have qa few red cows that will shed slick and shiney one year and not shed as clean another. A spring like we've had with it 80 for a week then 50 for a week with heavy frost some nights I don;t see how they;re body can adapt to the weather. Maybe they will only half shed, that way half of them is right for the weird temp ranges we're having. [/QUOTE]
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