mineral lick bucket

shanemc123

Hi everyone I have weaned calves that are 14 weeks old I bought them a mineral lick it's a ( calf/beef) 20 kg bucket version the problem is that they won't lick it whatsoever ,is it the wrong one?is there something I can do any advice would be appreciated

blue5000

shanemc123 wrote: »

Hi everyone I have weaned calves that are 14 weeks old I bought them a mineral lick it's a ( calf/beef) 20 kg bucket version the problem is that they won't lick it whatsoever ,is it the wrong one?is there something I can do any advice would be appreciated

Get rid of it before the badgers start eating it.

shanemc123

Is it ok to give to suckler cows instead?is there a lick for calves

ALANC81

Yea it would be grand for the cows it's just minerals it can't do any harm but can do good.

KatyMac

Do you have it near water? And maybe throw a drop on the top of it as well. Once one gets the taste the rest get the idea.

Carrigogunnell

I presume it's a molasses based lick what other ingredients are in it. Wat kind of quality grass are they on

_Brian

Throw a handful of nuts on top of it, we've done that in the past and it worked.

mf240

Take the lid off.

mf240

A no seriously sometimes they wont bother with it if there not lacking minerals.

I find the chrystalyxs very good . But they are 40kg tubs and cost 40 euros. I find calves will lick them well but they are hard enough and last a while.

Count Mondego

blue5000 wrote: »

Get rid of it before the badgers start eating it.

These things are deadly for drawing in badgers. I was locked up for the last year and the dept vet that came out and inspected the place claims the smell of molasses draws badgers from miles around. He said that vaccination trials actually used the stuff to get the vaccine ingested by the badgers. He also claimed that a cow will never get the mineral requirements from the buckets either. Hang them off a gate if you need them.