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Texas calf loss during blizzard?
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<blockquote data-quote="DLD" data-source="post: 1668654" data-attributes="member: 19707"><p>There were quite a few around here that lost some. </p><p></p><p>Mostly babies born in the single digit and below zero temps when there was a good bit of snow on the ground, and a lot of those were from first calf heifers. A lot of folks were watching constantly, picking up calves soon as they dropped to get them warm and dry. Some didn't, and some that were trying just couldn't get to all of them. Mature cows, especially those with some shelter, mostly seemed to take care of business on their own.</p><p></p><p>The other big losses came from cattle of all ages and sizes falling through the ice on frozen ponds. Some of the worst of this came when it started warming up and ice that cattle had been walking on started thawing.</p><p></p><p>We didn't lose any, but we weren't calving, and don't have much deep water...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DLD, post: 1668654, member: 19707"] There were quite a few around here that lost some. Mostly babies born in the single digit and below zero temps when there was a good bit of snow on the ground, and a lot of those were from first calf heifers. A lot of folks were watching constantly, picking up calves soon as they dropped to get them warm and dry. Some didn’t, and some that were trying just couldn’t get to all of them. Mature cows, especially those with some shelter, mostly seemed to take care of business on their own. The other big losses came from cattle of all ages and sizes falling through the ice on frozen ponds. Some of the worst of this came when it started warming up and ice that cattle had been walking on started thawing. We didn’t lose any, but we weren’t calving, and don‘t have much deep water... [/QUOTE]
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