neighbor lost 8 head cattle from heat

Anonymous-0 · Jul 20, 2011

I live in southwest Wisconsin the heat has been a real bear last couple of days. Tuesday afternoon it was 99degrees with high humidity. My neighbor has about 60 to 70 cows and calves in good pasture plenty of water good shade etc. He lost one big bull and 7 big cows from the heat do not know if some cows were in heat or what. He had just turned two bulls with heard about 10 days ago. All were angus cattle. Do not know if insurance will cover this. Checked mine they seem fine. It needs to cool down some.

rrlund · Jul 20, 2011

I lost those 2 calves that I posted about having 9 lives last week. Pretty sure the one had some internal injuries from the cows laying on her after they crowded up in the barn. The bull was a surprise though. I'd gotten him back in the barn in the shade by himself and he looked pretty perky. Skinny as a rail,but perky.
Everything else seems to be doing alright so far. The ones on the north side of the road are spending a lot of time in the pond. The south herd could get in to a swamp if they had sense enough to go down the lane,but they seem to prefer bunching up in the barn or going way out to the west under some trees in the fencerow.

jackinok · Jul 20, 2011

probably got to chasing the cows and simply got too hot.been 100+here so long i cant remember it being cool,and we are just now getting to whats the traditional part of summer.water is getting to be the thing here,ponds ive never seen dry in my life time are bare ground.back in the 50's we dug holes in what seeps we could find in the creek bottoms and sunk half barrels so the cattle could water,might have to again.no hay anywhere around us being put up.planted $2800 worth of sudan seed on one place,never even broke the surface,scraped the dirt back in a row and seed looks sort of like popcorn,sprouted and dried up underground.

Bob/wis · Jul 20, 2011

Ron
I know what you mean by needing to cool down. Its terrible when its hotter and more humid then it is in florida. What part of this corner of the state are you from ? I am from darlington
Bob

Anonymous-0 · Jul 20, 2011

I am over by Potosi next to the Mississippi

LAA · Jul 20, 2011

If they were mine I would be looking for another cause, like some sort of noxious weed that may be more potent in the hot, dry weather. I can think of absolutely no reason why 99 degree temperature would kill a healthy cow, angus or any other breed. There is a lot of good cattle country where 100 degrees is common.

730 virgil · Jul 20, 2011

i shut the gate to my barn it has doors on the south no air moving thru it.
they can get in a leantoo that has doors on the north and south so lots of air can move thru it.
also have a small timber or woods they can go in. they have lots of shade there.
so dry here the neighbors dog have been carring a water bottle so he can mark his territory.

rockyridgefarm · Jul 20, 2011

I lost 280 chickens in this stuff. Fullers, Gassers, F&F, were all outta barn fans come Monday. I bought the last 48 inch fan at Gassers.

I consider this a taste of why I'll never ever live in Texas.

eastexan · Jul 20, 2011

(quoted from post at 22:12:08 07/20/11)
I lost 280 chickens in this stuff. Fullers, Gassers, F&F, were all outta barn fans come Monday. I bought the last 48 inch fan at Gassers.

I consider this a taste of why I'll never ever live in Texas.

Yeah, it takes a special breed of HE-MEN to live in Texas. :mrgreen:

teddy52food · Jul 20, 2011

Northern cattle have a heavy coat of hair to stand the cold winters. Harder to keep them cool when it gets as hot & humid as it was all week.

36 Coupe · Jul 21, 2011

A farmer I worked for told me he wondered why the cows stayed away from a wooded area with a brook flowing thru it on his pasture.He took a walk and found the area full of mosquitoes and deer flies.When I had calves on pasture I had to watch them for heat stroke.I had to drive them up to the barn and put the water hose on them.The woods can be full of biting flies while there are none in the fields.

Red1 · Jul 21, 2011

http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/maps/index.html

rockyridgefarm · Jul 21, 2011

"Yeah, it takes a special breed of HE-MEN to live in Texas. "

That, or a bunch of guys not smart enough to move north!

Of course, we have the cold 6 months a year. I wouldn't trade ya. AND you can take this heat back, too!

36 Coupe · Jul 22, 2011

Still wonder why people wait until the last minute to buy a barn fan.They rush to buy flashlites and batteries when the power goes out.Same thing happens with snow shovels.

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