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Kali

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2. nothing can drink more water than a cow with no water

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:29 PM

Mar 17

they will destroy infrastructure and if you are doing something labor intensive like hauling water to them, they will drink 3 times what they would if they had constant free access. running out of water is scary enough for the humane reasons, but thirsty bovines are a menace!

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🐄 A guy's telling his cows he can't get the well to work, but someone will be there in an hour to fix it, they're all [View all] riversedge Mar 17 OP

And that is why I can't be a rancher. I'd talk to all of them, love all of them and never be able to hlthe2b Mar 17 #1

nothing can drink more water than a cow with no water Kali Mar 17 #2

Reminiscent of several episodes of South Park that featured attentive cows. Intractable Mar 17 #3