Protein blocks

Miname

I was reading an article about home made protein blocks at 40% protein. Has anyone ever tried this? They are made up of molasses, salt, cement and a few other bits, I'd never even heard of them but they sound interesting. Anyone ever try it?

_Brian

Cement ??

Miname

_Brian wrote: »

Cement ??

Yeh there's urea molasses and salt and water and stuff and the cement works as both a boding agent and a source of calcium.

Green farmer

I've heard cement being a common ingredient used in homemade molasses blocks before. Don't know what % though. Makes them hard

angusangus

It's more of a U S thing !urea licks sound great but I'd imagine it's a very fine line between thrive and poisoning the herd 😮 I read up a bit on it but very hard get the correct information although it's basic urea that is used mixed with molasses and the cement makes it solid to avoid over ingestion ! I was thinking bluestone seaweed dolomite and sulphur also added to the mix would give a good balance

yosemitesam1

Its probably a waste of time using urea here, unless your feeding plenty of meal/tmr there won't be enough energy to turn it into protein