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<blockquote data-quote="momanto" data-source="post: 96459" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM TOO. LAST YEAR WE LEFT OUR COWS AT THE RIVER PARCEL FOR 6 MONTHS. LOST 5 OUT OF 26 COWS.</p><p></p><p>1. ONE FELL OFF THE RIVER BANK ONTO THE SMALL BEACH THE SECOND DAY SHE WAS THERE. </p><p></p><p>2. ONE DROWNED- SAW IT'S BODY DOWN RIVER.3. </p><p></p><p>3. ONE WAS KILLED BY THE LAST HURRICANE HIT FLA. IT WAS ON THE SHORE OF A SHALLOW -4FT DEEP - INLAND DITCH-DEAD. NO OBVIOUS REASON....EXCEPT IT WAS COVERED W/SEAWEED TYPE PLANT. MUST HAVE BEEN A WATER SURGE THRU THERE.</p><p></p><p>4. ONE DISAPPEARED - NO TRACE- PRESUMABLE DROWNED.</p><p></p><p>5. ONE DISAPPEARED - HAD BEEN SEEN 4 DAYS BEFORE - PRESUMED STOLEN.</p><p></p><p>90 % OF THE RIVER BANK IS 8 FEET UP. THERE IS A SMALL BEACH THE WHOLE LENGTH. THE 10 % IS THE VALLEY OF AN EMPTY OXBOW -ALL DRYLAND- WHERE THEY USED TO GO GET WATER AND STAND IN THE WATER. THIS IS JUST BELOW A LOCKS- SUSPECT THE ONE THAT DROWNED WAS STANDING THERE WHEN A FAST MOVING BIG BOAT WENT BY. </p><p></p><p>I DREAD SENDING THE COWS DOWN THERE. THERE ARE 28 ACRES THEN THE PARTLY DEAD OXBOW, THEN 14 ACRES ON THE RIVER. AM THINKING SOME CROSSFENCING ON THE BACK SIDE. MAYBE A COW WELL DUG ON ONE END. THE OTHER END HAS THAT DITCH. BUT THE OXBOW HAS SUCH RICH FORAGE HAD TO LOOSE THAT FROM THEIR DIET. THE RIVER FRONT HAS EXCELLENT GRASS, TOO. THEIR ARE MULTIPLE PLACES BESIDES THAT OXBOW WHERE THEY HAVE STOMPED A TRAIL TO THE WATER.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momanto, post: 96459, member: 1210"] WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM TOO. LAST YEAR WE LEFT OUR COWS AT THE RIVER PARCEL FOR 6 MONTHS. LOST 5 OUT OF 26 COWS. 1. ONE FELL OFF THE RIVER BANK ONTO THE SMALL BEACH THE SECOND DAY SHE WAS THERE. 2. ONE DROWNED- SAW IT'S BODY DOWN RIVER.3. 3. ONE WAS KILLED BY THE LAST HURRICANE HIT FLA. IT WAS ON THE SHORE OF A SHALLOW -4FT DEEP - INLAND DITCH-DEAD. NO OBVIOUS REASON....EXCEPT IT WAS COVERED W/SEAWEED TYPE PLANT. MUST HAVE BEEN A WATER SURGE THRU THERE. 4. ONE DISAPPEARED - NO TRACE- PRESUMABLE DROWNED. 5. ONE DISAPPEARED - HAD BEEN SEEN 4 DAYS BEFORE - PRESUMED STOLEN. 90 % OF THE RIVER BANK IS 8 FEET UP. THERE IS A SMALL BEACH THE WHOLE LENGTH. THE 10 % IS THE VALLEY OF AN EMPTY OXBOW -ALL DRYLAND- WHERE THEY USED TO GO GET WATER AND STAND IN THE WATER. THIS IS JUST BELOW A LOCKS- SUSPECT THE ONE THAT DROWNED WAS STANDING THERE WHEN A FAST MOVING BIG BOAT WENT BY. I DREAD SENDING THE COWS DOWN THERE. THERE ARE 28 ACRES THEN THE PARTLY DEAD OXBOW, THEN 14 ACRES ON THE RIVER. AM THINKING SOME CROSSFENCING ON THE BACK SIDE. MAYBE A COW WELL DUG ON ONE END. THE OTHER END HAS THAT DITCH. BUT THE OXBOW HAS SUCH RICH FORAGE HAD TO LOOSE THAT FROM THEIR DIET. THE RIVER FRONT HAS EXCELLENT GRASS, TOO. THEIR ARE MULTIPLE PLACES BESIDES THAT OXBOW WHERE THEY HAVE STOMPED A TRAIL TO THE WATER. [/QUOTE]
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