As someone who has been around cows all my life.......I can tell you we have lost cows in mud,rain,cold,heat and just sick..... you cant keep a eye on these animals 24/7 and a cow stuck in mud for 4 days is probably not true...... Just hear say...... When you have the amount of rain and cold we have had....Hay Hay Hay is about all you can do..... Your not going to be able to work or move these cattle in those conditions unless you have tractors to pull trailers ......
1999 was drought year....you could of had a river running thought your farm but cows died...... Guy I was farming for lost about 30 that year.... We were there everyday....NO Grass, No relief from heat, Ground Hard as rock......
It all a part of life....... If the Farmer said he done all he could do i would believe him.............Plus your not going to spend 1,000 of dollars having vet camp out and baby a cow just to make it thought the winter....Its call survival of the fittest...
If he put out Hay..and they had water to drink...He has done his job....thats the bottom line...Noting else you can do
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