What's the best way mix molasses with dry ration?

jerdee

Does anybody mix molasses with dry ration if so what's the best way. i was thinking like something a cement mixer feeding animals with buckets but molasses sticks to sides of bucket
.......ideas please

Rovi

Split off to a thread of its own.

Kilmac1

use hot water and mix it with the molasses when making the mix.

Muckit

Would most feed merchants and co-ops stock it?.......... Molasses........not the hot water!!

jerdee

got five gallons to try out but its like tar don t really want to mix water too much as feed Will expand
maybe if i heated it have two bulls that won't eat and trying to mix
get them going with molasses s

Rovi

The colder it gets, the thicker the molasses will get, so warming it would certainly make it easier. Not an easy thing to do though; keeping it in the hotpress may not meet with universal approval

We used to mix it with meal by pouring a splash (blob?) of it directly onto the meal in the trough/bucket/tub it was to be eaten from, and giving it a good stir with a strong stick.
Trying to mix up a batch in a big container and then dispensing individual quantities was messy, awkward, and heavy. Far easier to mix 'on site' where it's to be eaten.

flatout11

do you really need it in the ration??
how much you mixing and how often?

jerdee

its a home mix of barley maze citrus soyabean .seems the easy way to do is to drizzle back along feed trough .its fair bloppy but the two lads are eating it now Will continue till i happy with there intake .thanks for the replys