@debbiea if the person taking care of the animals was doing as
@Hereford2 instructed, that doesn't make them an idiot. Maybe there needed to be better communication, but that is a little accusatory... Doesn't sound like he neglected them, they just didn't get what was needed to offset the increased drought conditions. And it was probably coming along before the 2 weeks as has been suggested and that is on the owner... If a neighbor or someone is not a true cattle person, they would not know to increase grain and that would be a call by the owner to start with. I have friends that will take care of things for me, and they do the job I instruct them to do. If conditions change, maybe I would change things, but that is not the person ,doing the tending to, place to make the change.
And taking a vacation is sometimes very necessary to family and personal mental health... It is not like
@Hereford2 went away and left them to fend for themselves with no caretaking....