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Bulls and frost bite

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Progressive Farmer and others have had articles on this. If interested in this google Texas A & M and winter storm uri. The southern planes had widespread
Issues with this. Theres lots of things this Southerner doesnt understand about the cold. Crape myertals grow way north of us but that night we hit 13 below many of them didnt survive here. It beats me!
Andy
 
We would on occasion loose a bull in the winter but most survived just fine. If one was suspected of low sperm count, we had him tested.
 
I've heard the old expression about being cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey .... I guess this would be a similar situation with 'boy cows' .... HEY, I'm a city guy !!!
 
(quoted from post at 19:31:59 03/11/22) I've heard the old expression about being cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey .... I guess this would be a similar situation with 'boy cows' .... HEY, I'm a city guy !!!
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No sheet! Whod a thought it?!
 
I have heard that the expression, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey was a nautical term, Cannon artillery balls were stored on a brass fixture near the cannon and during extreme cold the brass would contract faster than the iron cannon balls and the balls would be loosened and fall off. Sounds odd, but may have had something to make the term sound more gentlemanly
 
Up here in cold country, it is important to keep cattle well bedded when its cold. They can lay down and keep the sensitive parts warm.
 
Moonlite, I've heard that story before, sounds suspicious...

I can't see that even being possible, the difference in expansion and contraction would be measured in thousandths of an inch.

And I do remember seeing artists renditions of the pyramid shaped cannon ball holders, but they had to have been more stable than letting a temp change cause them to fall. What about a rolling ship?

Wouldn't the last thing you would want on deck of a ship in the middle of a storm, or worse yet during battle, cannon balls rolling around taking out sailor's legs and anything else in their path?

Would have been a very poorly thought out way to store them if true!
 
I had that happen got really cold bull didn't get his job done. I had 2 calving seasons.
1 before got cold 1 after got warm
 
As I said in the other thread, never seen a problem with bulls in the cold here yet. Mine is over ten years old and still gets the job done. Never been indoors in his life except the open front cattle shelter. Wind chill factors in the -30s again tonight.
 
We have never had a problem and we get 40 below zero
usually for a week in January before wind chill . This year we
only hit 25 below with wind chill
 
Bulls are mammals like humans. When it's hot your scrotum enlarges, and your balls hang down to allow more surface area for cooling. But when it's cold your scrotum shrinks and brings the testicles up tight to your body for warmth. If it's winter in a cold climate the bulls coat grows thicker and longer for warmth and in the summer, he'll shed it. Gosh, didn't your daddy ever have a talk with you when you were a boy.
 
Bulls can have other issues in cold weather as well. If they don't drink enough, they can get stones, sort of like kidney stones, that block their urinary system. feeding plenty of salt in winter is a way to help prevent this, as it forces more water intake.
 
The saying cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey came from the days of the cannon. Cannon balls were stacked on a brass plate when the plate got cold enough it would contract enough the pile of balls would fall off the plate. It is interesting to read where sayings come from.
Jim
 
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