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Seaweed

  • 02-01-2016 9:59pm
    #1
    wiggy123
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    Seaweed lick or other format--what folks tips on said products.. also any1 know where be got in the northeast area??


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  • #2
    tanko
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    wiggy123 wrote: »
    Seaweed lick or other format--what folks tips on said products.. also any1 know where be got in the northeast area??

    Most people shake it on the silage, my local co op store had it last year, I assume they still sell it.


  • #3
    wiggy123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭wiggy123


    cheers..is that best method... more than lick?


  • #4
    tanko
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    wiggy123 wrote: »
    cheers..is that best method... more than lick?

    Don't know to be honest, I bought some bags a few years ago but the cattle didn't like the taste/smell of it so I didn't buy any more. Maybe I should have kept using it til they got used to it.
    I use Welmin elite pre Calver bagged minerals and find it good.


  • #5
    Miname
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    The cattle get a taste for it fairly quick, it's a brilliant mineral imo. Just shake it on the silage, if they are being picky I mix it half and half with meal .


  • #6
    iconicon
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    can you give them actual seaweed in small amounts?


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  • #7
    Miname
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    iconicon wrote: »
    can you give them actual seaweed in small amounts?

    Yeh it's fed along the coasts. I think it's a particular type that's the pick of them but not sure. Class stuff.


  • #8
    iconicon
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    anybody know the type of seaweed thats fed?


  • #9
    mikeoh
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    Carigeen moss....supposedly better than angel dust ......some of the west Clare boys on here might know more about it!!!


  • #10
    lab man
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    Great stuff for flu or colds


  • #11
    billie holiday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭billie holiday


    high in iodine. natural product easy for cattles to digest.
    excellent stuff. its cost me about 1000 for a tonne.


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  • #12
    Capercaillie
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    I have a foreshore licence to harvest seaweed, hardship collecting it though.


  • #13
    grass n slurry
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    Are you aloud gather seaweed that gets washed onto a beach?


  • #14
    Limestone Cowboy
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    grass n slurry wrote: »
    Are you aloud gather seaweed that gets washed onto a beach?

    It'd be half seaweed half rubbish. Not full sure of the Laws of it.


  • #15
    Capercaillie
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    grass n slurry wrote: »
    Are you aloud gather seaweed that gets washed onto a beach?
    Legally have to get permission from person who has foreshore license. Landowner beside beach will usually have permission on the title deeds to their land.


  • #16
    tanko
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    Miname wrote: »
    The cattle get a taste for it fairly quick, it's a brilliant mineral imo. Just shake it on the silage, if they are being picky I mix it half and half with meal .

    What differences do you notice in the cattle since you started giving them seaweed meal?


  • #17
    Miname
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    tanko wrote: »
    What differences do you notice in the cattle since you started giving them seaweed meal?

    Definitely far livelier calves, cows coat keeps better and better thrive. I ran out a while back and wasn't throwing it to the spring calvers as soon as I should have. The first two that calved the calves were dull and no appetite. I started loading it to them straight away and the difference in the calves coming was serious. I couldn't rate it highly enough only issue is it has to go on silage as it will just get wasted on hay.


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