Storm

[Caustic Burno]

That was one heck of a winter storm that just rolled through.
Don’t normally get lightning like this one produced. Mrs. hollered what was that explosion, I said a tree in our pasture blowing up. Rained .75 inches in about 10 minutes.
Watch out to east folks this thing came through packing 50-60 mph winds.

 

[Bright Raven]

We are getting heavy rain. Predicted to be 2 inches total. Turning to snow and 2 to 4 inches predicted. Temperatures at 37 degrees dropping to near zero and sub zero wind chills. We have NOT had one bluebird sunny day in the last 3 months.

 

[jltrent]

Thanks for the heads up. It is almost here.........


https://weather.com/weather/radar/inter ... 71,-103.45

 

[Bigfoot]

Shaping up to be a hard 48 hours on a cow herd. Heading in to a freeze with wet hair.

 

[slick4591]

Came thru here around 10 last night with lots of thunder and very high winds. It left behind a light dusting of snow this morning.

 

[jltrent]

Shaping up to be a hard 48 hours on a cow herd. Heading in to a freeze with wet hair.

Yep, I feed them good this morning.

 

[TCRanch]

We dodged the bullet! Originally predicted rain followed by up to 6" of snow with 50 mph gusts. Nothing but mud around here & more precipitation was the last thing I wanted but ended up with just some sprinkles, less than 1" of snow and while the wind chill was -6 this morning it should be back in the low 40's tomorrow. Plus it was so windy I didn't have to break ice. Now if it would just dry up enough to scrape the barn/barnyard & pastures in time for calving . . . . .

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

We got rain last night, that turned to ice and then snow this morning. Trace of all three forms of precipitation, but sure did a number on our temps! Yesterday, we were in the mid 40's. Right now, it is 20 with a wind chill of 7, the coldest temps since last winter! We cleaned out the barn yesterday and bedded it deep in straw, in anticipation of the wicked weather. The cows are spending 80% of their day in there, only going out to get hay and water. I am so thankful for the barn in weather like this!

The yearling heifers have no cover, and I had to scratch the ice off their bottoms this morning to see the heat patches and make sure no one came in heat overnight! brrr.....

 

[snoopdog]

We were in the 50s yesterday, snow and sleet this morning till about 11, supposed to warm up into the 40'ish area tomorrow.

 

[ez14.]

We got rain last night, that turned to ice and then snow this morning. Trace of all three forms of precipitation, but sure did a number on our temps! Yesterday, we were in the mid 40's. Right now, it is 20 with a wind chill of 7, the coldest temps since last winter! We cleaned out the barn yesterday and bedded it deep in straw, in anticipation of the wicked weather. The cows are spending 80% of their day in there, only going out to get hay and water. I am so thankful for the barn in weather like this!

The yearling heifers have no cover, and I had to scratch the ice off their bottoms this morning to see the heat patches and make sure no one came in heat overnight! brrr.....

how come the mature cows get the barn and the heifers get left out? Most people I know would do it the other way around

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

]how come the mature cows get the barn and the heifers get left out? Most people I know would do it the other way around

The cows have calves (Sept to Jan born), which can not handle the cold as well as the yearling heifers. There are two pens set up in the barn, on to the north in the picture, the other to the right, or east, in the picture, where the babies can go to have a space away from the cows (fresh straw and hay down).
The yearling heifers have hair and fat to protect them. If I had lots of money, I would have several barns set up for the cattle to get out of the elements.

 

[ez14.]

]how come the mature cows get the barn and the heifers get left out? Most people I know would do it the other way around

The cows have calves (Sept to Jan born), which can not handle the cold as well as the yearling heifers. There are two pens set up in the barn, on to the north in the picture, the other to the right, or east, in the picture, where the babies can go to have a space away from the cows (fresh straw and hay down).
The yearling heifers have hair and fat to protect them. If I had lots of money, I would have several barns set up for the cattle to get out of the elements.

Oh I hadn't noticed the calves at first

 

[TexasBred]

That was one heck of a winter storm that just rolled through.
Don’t normally get lightning like this one produced. Mrs. hollered what was that explosion, I said a tree in our pasture blowing up. Rained .75 inches in about 10 minutes.
Watch out to east folks this thing came through packing 50-60 mph winds.

Thunder, lightening and rain missed us but we had gusts of winds that were awesome.