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Minerals

  • 16-12-2011 12:22am
    #1
    fear tuath
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    What should i give to suckler cows and heifers over the winter,they are all housed and on good quality silage.Where is best to buy in bulk.


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  • #2
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    fear tuath wrote: »
    What should i give to suckler cows and heifers over the winter,they are all housed and on good quality silage.Where is best to buy in bulk.

    We feed incalf heifers and cows a pre calver mineral. We buy it in 25kg bags, so I dunno about buying in bulk!


  • #3
    LivInt20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭LivInt20


    Bizzum wrote: »
    We feed incalf heifers and cows a pre calver mineral. We buy it in 25kg bags, so I dunno about buying in bulk!

    How much per head per day of the 25kg bag should be given to cows due to calve in Jan and Feb?


  • #4
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    LivInt20 wrote: »
    How much per head per day of the 25kg bag should be given to cows due to calve in Jan and Feb?

    I think, off the top of my head it's 100g/head/day.
    I'm sure it would depend on the analysis of different mixtures/brands.
    It's all on the label!


  • #5
    LivInt20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭LivInt20


    Bizzum wrote: »
    I think, off the top of my head it's 100g/head/day.
    I'm sure it would depend on the analysis of different mixtures/brands.
    It's all on the label!

    Thanks for the reply.

    And how many days would you feed the mineral for?


  • #6
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    LivInt20 wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply.

    And how many days would you feed the mineral for?

    6 or 8 weeks pre calving I suppose. Once the cows come onto the slats We would have a bucket available to them. Then move them onto the loose pre-calver mineral as the get to the time.


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  • #7
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    i bought the mineral block - calsea precalver( i think)... i put a holder up on the wall, put the block on it- there is a hole in the middle of the block- great for people who cant be bothered to actually read the label on the bag:o- a block does 40 dry cows about 12-14 days , very little work involved, got them from t-mac agri. Alot cleaner than the buckets etc


  • #8
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    The last year we had cows we used the Mayo Healthcare minerals that you put on the drinkers. Found it a
    Very effective way of getting them done.


  • #9
    6480
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭6480


    i use a mineral from nutribio in cork it works through the water


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