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IL Rancher
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006
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Location: Northwest Illinois
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Everytime I see that picture I wonder how any critter can survive that.. I just cringe...
Winter of 96/97 was an interesting one. I remember it snowing on Halloween, Parents weekend, Thanksgiving, and than 3 feet on Christmas day up in the hills where we lived. Main street was like driving down a tunnel almost, so was our driveway... I don't remember seeing much on the news about it in Bozeman, but I do remember seeing tons of coverage of the Spring flooding on the Red River and major flooding on the Yellowstone. I here stories around here of 78/79 and 79/80 and while I can barely remember them as a kid the stories in the old timers, especially those with livestock are interesting..
Still.. That picture there is just haunting.
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Red Robin
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 4386
Location: 8 mi S.E. of Harrison, Ar.
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| What an ugly sight to anyone that owns stock. That's awful for the beast and their care taker.
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JF Ranch
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Joined: 06 Sep 2006
Posts: 436
Location: North Fringe of the Nebraska Sandhills
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| That picture is every rancher's worst nightmare. We've all seen it a time or two, although that one is quite severe . What kills a lot of them is when the ice covers their nose and suffocates them. Once all that snow & ice melts off, he'll be alright if he's kept full of feed & water.
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Jassy
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Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2733
Location: S. of Valentine, NE
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| Ya know Lilly..I showed Hubby this photo and asked the same question what would we do? He didn't really have an answer...Neither one of us have seen snow on a critter that bad! Hope we never do! My heard really goes out to the critters in that storm...and to the ranchers/farmers...it must really be heartbreaking for them.
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IL Rancher
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006
Posts: 3023
Location: Northwest Illinois
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We have enough barn space that we could bring them in in batches and warm the up but it would take forever and I doubt it would be worth it.. I imagine what we would do is up the energy part of their ration to keep them as warm as possible and pray for sunny and warmer days and no more ice..
We are getting ice tonight mind you, forcasted for up to a 1/4 inch and than 2-4 inches of sleet/snow... Fun... Angus Guy is a bit to the south of me and they are forcasted for freezing rain only but nothing like that...
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Jinglebob
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Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 5974
Location: Western South Dakota
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya know Lilly..I showed Hubby this photo and asked the same question what would we do? He didn't really have an answer...Neither one of us have seen snow on a critter that bad! Hope we never do! My heard really goes out to the critters in that storm...and to the ranchers/farmers...it must really be heartbreaking for them. |
We had a lot that looked similar to that in April of 97. We had to sneak up and break the ice on their faces. they could hear you but couldn't see you. Boy, they would really run when you broke it off their faces. Poor critters, plumb dark to them and then all of a sudden, instant daylight. Can you imagine how bringht the sun must have seemed to them?
It's pretty surprizing what they can take if they get some feed and water into them.
We lost one who just couldn't take it, that was alive after the storm. Just too much for him, I guess. The rest that died, were in a fence corner or the bottom of the water in the creek they drifted into. Weren't really that many all told, on this place.
The cold that stuck around after the storm, for a week, was almost as bad. Everyone was calving then.
I hope I never see another one like it. 
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Big Muddy rancher
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
Posts: 15724
Location: Big Muddy valley
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We were cold and very windy during that April storm but luckily no snow. I think the Dakotas got the worst of it.
Back in Feb. of 78 we had a week long blizzard that really socked this country. I had calves wintering 16 miles away at a place near town. Some boys snowmobiled down and fed for me a couple of times and I was alone here at the home place. When the plows finally got out I followed one to town and fed the calves. had to open up the corral with an axe cause the gate was drifted over. The calves had close to a foot of snow on their backs when they came out of the old brush roofed shed.
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angus guy
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Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 116
Location: west central IL
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We managed about .25" of ice Friday night and almost that Saturday night. No big deal. Just had to walk and drive careful is all. Don't know about tonight but is raining pretty good. There was some talk of of a bit of snow.
Hope I never have to deal with cattle looking like that. Mud covered is bad enough.
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Tap
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Joined: 25 Feb 2006
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Location: anyplace you find me
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