pre tupping minerals

weatherbyfoxer

which minerals are lads using pre tupping?..bloods in ewes and sulage tests show we are low here in iodine,cobalt and in a high molybdenum area so copper has to be supplemented here too.. currently looking at the mayo healthcare 5 in 1 bolus @€;1.35 per head..but wondering if id be better with a dose type mineral?

orm0nd

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

which minerals are lads using pre tupping?..bloods in ewes and sulage tests show we are low here in iodine,cobalt and in a high molybdenum area so copper has to be supplemented here too.. currently looking at the mayo healthcare 5 in 1 bolus @€;1.35 per head..but wondering if id be better with a dose type mineral?

Growvite sheep about 5 weeks b4 letting in rams

Mayo healthcare 4 in 1 bolus, the day rams are let off.

maybe a bit of of an overkill but seems to work ok for us.

ganmo

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

which minerals are lads using pre tupping?..bloods in ewes and sulage tests show we are low here in iodine,cobalt and in a high molybdenum area so copper has to be supplemented here too.. currently looking at the mayo healthcare 5 in 1 bolus @€;1.35 per head..but wondering if id be better with a dose type mineral?

What breed are your ewes?
If they have any texel in them dont give them copper.

weatherbyfoxer

ganmo wrote: »

What breed are your ewes?
If they have any texel in them dont give them copper.

mainly mules and Suffolk x ewes..

wrangler

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

mainly mules and Suffolk x ewes..

Copper is supposed to be a natural growth promoter, they look well after it anyway, we can use it on the texel cross vendeen lambs but not on the texel cross lleyn lambs.
Apparently there's so much texel in purebred LLeyns now that they can't tolerate copper either........... of course I had to find that out the hard way

razor8

wrangler wrote: »

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

mainly mules and Suffolk x ewes..

Copper is supposed to be a natural growth promoter, they look well after it anyway, we can use it on the texel cross vendeen lambs but not on the texel cross lleyn lambs.
Apparently there's so much texel in purebred LLeyns now that they can't tolerate copper either........... of course I had to find that out the hard way

What were the systems. Dose Texel lambs here with copper & no issues?

wrangler

razor8 wrote: »

What were the systems. Dose Texel lambs here with copper & no issues?

We got a good few cases of photosyntesisation which can be symptomatic of copper poisoning and then the dead ones had too much copper in the liver.

razor8

Have seen photosyntesisation without copper drenching too?

wrangler

razor8 wrote: »

Have seen photosyntesisation without copper drenching too?

not on the scale we had it on grass,

weatherbyfoxer

do you supplement the ewes pre tupping with copper wrangler?

wrangler

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

do you supplement the ewes pre tupping with copper wrangler?

No, just animax pre tupping and pre lambing