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Mineral drench for calves.

  • 24-08-2019 12:09pm
    #1
    Limestone Cowboy
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    What are ye using lads. Normally use growvite here this time of year and not sure if it makes much of a difference.


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  • #2
    Base price
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    What are ye using lads. Normally use growvite here this time of year and not sure if it makes much of a difference.
    We been using Smalltrace boluses for a good few years. We give them two a few weeks after going to grass. Works out at about €5/hd.


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    Dakota Dan
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    What are ye using lads. Normally use growvite here this time of year and not sure if it makes much of a difference.

    Pure snake oil, just feed them well and they'll keep thriving.


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    1373
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    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    Pure snake oil, just feed them well and they'll keep thriving.

    Very true , sales reps have made an absolute fortune selling supplements to farmers that are useless . Good grass , silage , meal have plenty of mineral in them. A cow carrying a calf and producing milk might need a supplement but calves should not need any


  • #5
    Anto_Meath
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    I keep the garlic lick or the Calf to Beef lick buckets with all the cattle, A bucket will generally do 20 cattle about a month or 6 weeks. You would notice cattle that have access to them all the time eat them very little but I would see when you buy in some cattle they will go made for the buckets for about 2 weeks and then they do be fine. I do think this buckets help keep cattle healthy but as Dakota said above if cattle are well fed the they ll keep thriving.


  • #6
    _Brian
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    1373 wrote: »
    Very true , sales reps have made an absolute fortune selling supplements to farmers that are useless . Good grass , silage , meal have plenty of mineral in them. A cow carrying a calf and producing milk might need a supplement but calves should not need any

    Advice from our vet is that much land in Ireland is deficient in selenium. Locally for us the ground is high in iron which results in copper deficiency.

    As a result we bolus stock and see increased thrive and overal health.


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  • #7
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    Land here is high for molybdenum, which inhibits the uptake of copper, hence the use of Allsure bolus for all stock with the exception of calves. By right the calves should be getting a calf bolus as well.

    Soil tests have a comment section regarding high Mo areas, and actions necessary to counteract it.

    This Teagasc link highlights high-risk areas for cobalt, copper, selenium etc.
    https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/soil--soil-fertility/trace-elements/grassland/


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