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Triple didgets without shade ??

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I just looked at the weather site and it said it was 108 degrees in Valentine. Soapweed, et.. al.. from the looks of all your pictures that I enjoy so much I'm guessing your cattle have very little to no shade. Down here we figure we need shade, especially for black cows. I was just thinking those temps must be pretty rough on your cattle even though your humidity may be slightly lower than ours.
 
It was a 102 here yesterday with strong winds the cows were in the water holes with barely their heads sticking out.
 
It's 108 in the shade here right now, and the mares and the cows (ours are almost all red with a few black-red gene carriers :wink: ) are all out grazing. We do have a good breeze today, but yesterday was a lot hotter at this time, with no breeze and the horses and cattle were all out.

As I posted on the Coffee Shop, I guess I don't understand the bovine and equine (especially since they have sheds to go into) psychie.

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 
When we get rain in the summer sometimes we get huge mudholes/ water holes. Those things get packed on these hot days..Now my backup buls are taking turn swimming in the concrete tanks... Thanks guys... Reallly helpfull :roll:

I feel for them, I went out and almost passed out.. This humidity is something special today.
 
We have black cattle and not many trees. The pastures they are all in now, do have trees. Guess where the cows are?

Answer: NOT in the trees. Must not be a breeze in there. I can't figure it out either.

The horses are standing at the gate and they could be in the barn, out of the sun with the breeze blowing through the barn. But they
aren't. They are in full sun, standing by the gate.

They must know something we don't. Darned if I'd be in the direct sunlight. YUK!

Denny, I had NEVER seen cattle get in water like you mentioned, until I was in Missouri during the summer. Some Charolais had walked into a pond and all that you could see were their heads. I took a picture of it, because I had never seen that before.

I am so thankful that our cows have plenty of WELL water and they don't have to go far to get some of it. I can't imagine needing a drink and not being able to get one in this heat. Or for it to be muddy when they get there.
 
Been around 100 degrees with high humidity for a few days.

The black cows stay in the pond all day and the white cows are grazing.
 
The county fair was this past week and the steer show was yesterday, with a heat index of 108-115. I stayed away I was hot enough from workin let alone being in a building with 150 steers and 400 people.

our cows always seem to sleep and fight flys in the draws all day long and graze all night, never are out in the ponds. The charolais cows we used to have were always out during the day but out halfway across the pond sittin there always nasty muddy.
 
102 here.......................I just imagine thirty below, wind blowing and snow, in the middle of calving..............sure makes it easier to handle.
 
Centrl South Dakota had tempatures in excess of 115 degrees for the second day in a row. I think we are finally warming up and drying out.
 
I just got back from hauling water to a section of the farm with no welwater sources on it. The cows looked at me funny when I shoved the head under the hose... If it had been earlier in the day they might have seen me o swimming.
 
Yes we had two days in a row of 110 plus. Saturday there were quite a few all time records established. With our lack of moisture humidity is only something we can dream about.


Sunday morning there were several fires sparked by dry lightning. They were reignited again in the afternoon with the heat and 20 mph winds. Thankfully the lightning went around us. We are pretty much ready for fall here.
 
86 and 58% humidity here today. We arn't used to that much humidity. Makes it 90 degrees.

Yesterday it was 91% humidity before 8am. :shock: This yankee can't handle that nonsense.

Red cows were grazing and the blacks were in the shade till near sundown.
 
Mike said:
Been around 100 degrees with high humidity for a few days.

The black cows stay in the pond all day and the white cows are grazing.
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That's cuz you just can't ever fill them white cows up :lol:
 
Jason said:
Mike said:
Been around 100 degrees with high humidity for a few days.

The black cows stay in the pond all day and the white cows are grazing.
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That's cuz you just can't ever fill them white cows up :lol:
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That may be true :lol: but the calves sure show the difference!
 
97 degrees, and unbelievable humidity.... and of course we're baling little square bales and throwing them in the barn... talk about a long, long, long and did I mention long day?
 
It was cool here yesterday morning. It felt so good. And Mr. FH, who HATES HEAT said it wasn't bad all day. Even when it got to 90 in the afternoon. It is all relative, I guess. Or maybe the humidity was less
yesterday. Whatever, it was a nice break. Cool again this morning. YIPPEE!!!

We had some lightening real early this morning. (I didn't know it) so he got up about 3 and took a look around. He's back in now, looking hungry. So I'll go get some breakfast going.

Have a safe day, everyone.
 
We had the the joy of a front roll in last night. Watched the storm swell just west of the Iowa border, head this way and litterly split in two with both large cells missing us. I just couldn't believe it. This matches up with the one last week that stretched from Missouri to Minni and about 80 miles into Iowa that just evaporated as soon as it hit the Mississippi river, both nights went to sleep expecting to be awoke by some boomers and each morning woke up with nothing.. Try not to complain, their are people in much worse shape than we are here and this too shall pass (I just wish it would pass sooner rather than later)

Only in the mid to high 80's today with a gentle breeze out of the north.
 
I'd like to know where all that rain went. We got just enough here to cool me off while I hauled water to the feedlot.Six wells and all the ponds drying up
 

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