mineral licks

blonde10

Just wondering where I could get hold of mineral blocks that are mounted high up on d wall, there's also a hole through the middle of the mineral block which helps it rotate when its licked,I don't know what brand they are?

Farmer Pudsey

http://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle-for-sale/multi-mineral-lick-block-10-kg/5879554

Saw these on DD do not know if they are any good

jersey101

grassland agro sell them. Glanbia sell there blocks

Mulumpy

I used their pre calver one one year and cows had such a high intake of sodium from them they refused to lick the calf.

whelan1

Mulumpy wrote: »

I used their pre calver one one year and cows had such a high intake of sodium from them they refused to lick the calf.

have used the calsea pre calver blocks for the last couple of years and didnt notice that

Mulumpy

whelan1 wrote: »

have used the calsea pre calver blocks for the last couple of years and didnt notice that

I only tried them the one year and found them a nuisance anyway. Used to work for Timac for few months selling them and few people reported the same

Brown Podzol

Mulumpy wrote: »

I used their pre calver one one year and cows had such a high intake of sodium from them they refused to lick the calf.

Not worth their salt :P

Sharpshooter82

sorry to hijack thread but how do people feed licks to cattle that are housed. if i leave the bucket in the pen it gets S*** on and if i leave it outside they puck it away most of the time.

Brown Podzol

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

sorry to hijack thread but how do people feed licks to cattle that are housed. if i leave the bucket in the pen it gets S*** on and if i leave it outside they puck it away most of the time.

Stand the bucket in a tyre outside the feed barrier.

Sharpshooter82

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Stand the bucket in a tyre outside the feed barrier.

i do that but they puck it away, when i come back over time it is out of their reach

Farmer Pudsey

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

sorry to hijack thread but how do people feed licks to cattle that are housed. if i leave the bucket in the pen it gets S*** on and if i leave it outside they puck it away most of the time.

Bagged minerals throw on top of silage or ration. As my ration is spec'ed for finishing it is only 1% minerals when I feed i use a little extra soya to boot protein and I add minerals. If store cattle 500kgs are being fed they are only getting 20grams they need 100grams/head. I have a container that measures 500grams. For 15 this means I need 1200grams. I just give two and a third containers into a bucket and spread accross silage or ration.

vinne

so what's the best bullet,bucket,bag,block or dose?

Sharpshooter82

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Bagged minerals throw on top of silage or ration. As my ration is spec'ed for finishing it is only 1% minerals when I feed i use a little extra soya to boot protein and I add minerals. If store cattle 500kgs are being fed they are only getting 20grams they need 100grams/head. I have a container that measures 500grams. For 15 this means I need 1200grams. I just give two and a third containers into a bucket and spread accross silage or ration.

cheers farmer, was thinking of making some frame or something to hold the bucket on the barrier or something

Farmer Pudsey

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

cheers farmer, was thinking of making some frame or something to hold the bucket on the barrier or something

What I dislike about Bucket minerals is that they contain a lot of molasses. If i feed and cattle are hungry they over use the mineral buckets. At present I am using a general purpose mineral from Nutrobio it is supposed to be one of the best on the market. So if I want cattle to finish silage in fron of them I have no fear that they compensate with the mineral bucket.

I also find this issue during the summer as you try to clean out paddocks as paddocks get bare cattle attack the buckets so you hvae to watch and remove access to them.

Sharpshooter82

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

What I dislike about Bucket minerals is that they contain a lot of molasses. If i feed and cattle are hungry they over use the mineral buckets. At present I am using a general purpose mineral from Nutrobio it is supposed to be one of the best on the market. So if I want cattle to finish silage in fron of them I have no fear that they compensate with the mineral bucket.

I also find this issue during the summer as you try to clean out paddocks as paddocks get bare cattle attack the buckets so you hvae to watch and remove access to them.

yeah i noticed last winter that a bucket would last about 2 weeks in a pen of 5 weanlings

hugo29

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

sorry to hijack thread but how do people feed licks to cattle that are housed. if i leave the bucket in the pen it gets S*** on and if i leave it outside they puck it away most of the time.

there is a block with a hole in the middle that sits on a frame that bolts to the top of the dividing gate, simple job, check out mayo healthcare site

bbam

As well as cost I like the powdered minerals onto silage.
I feel more sure they are all getting their share. With buckets I see the bully beating the others back from it.

PatQfarmer

blonde10 wrote: »

Just wondering where I could get hold of mineral blocks that are mounted high up on d wall, there's also a hole through the middle of the mineral block which helps it rotate when its licked,I don't know what brand they are?

Glanbia. Good licks. Cattle like them anyway:)

leoch

how would u keep badgers and the likes away from lick buckets out in the fields