canadian angus
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We have done swath grazing since 94, first in the area, so we were living on the edge. Licking and eating snow is what they do.
Oct. 20 we get a foot of wet snow and much more since.
Last Thursday get a call cattle broke through ice on slough. After some tense moments, seeing one heifer drown and another on two lariots tied together and can't get her out, back tractor and shedder in to pull and drop it through. My what a day, phone local shop and his two sons and a neighbor brought 100 feet of rope and got her out. Rolled her into bucket, lifted her and rolled the very cold heifer into our cattle trailor and hauled her home. After this we went back to find two more heifers in water but they did get out on their own.
As we moved them to a new field, we discover half of them were in the drink that day.
Lucky we only lost one of sixty bred heifers.
Point of interest is they have been on that field for thirty days and last Thursday was the first time they did this!
CA
Oct. 20 we get a foot of wet snow and much more since.
Last Thursday get a call cattle broke through ice on slough. After some tense moments, seeing one heifer drown and another on two lariots tied together and can't get her out, back tractor and shedder in to pull and drop it through. My what a day, phone local shop and his two sons and a neighbor brought 100 feet of rope and got her out. Rolled her into bucket, lifted her and rolled the very cold heifer into our cattle trailor and hauled her home. After this we went back to find two more heifers in water but they did get out on their own.
As we moved them to a new field, we discover half of them were in the drink that day.
Lucky we only lost one of sixty bred heifers.
Point of interest is they have been on that field for thirty days and last Thursday was the first time they did this!
CA
