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Been looking at buying a mineral feeder, what kind do you all think is best or have u just build one youself? Is loose mineral or mineral blocks better?
 
Built my own.
Unless you have a big herd, and $$ to throw, it's more cost effective to build one, for what they do. Just something to keep the mineral available and dry.
 
These are the ones I use, I've got 5 of them in use. Haven't broken one yet and the oldest one is about 4 years old - even have cows step right on top of them and no breakage. I can put one 50 lb bag of salt and a 50 lb bag of mineral in them. Cattle, even bulls, can't flip them when put on level ground and fully loaded. When empty, they will usually flip them upside down - tipping me off to refill them. If you want more weight and additional height to them, you can mount them on a bigger tractor tire.

http://www.amazon.com/Behlen-Country-28 ... m_sbs_lg_1

They run about $140 here. For a little more capacity, you could go for the Sioux Steel feeder, they run about $40 more than the Behlen:

http://www.siouxsteel.com/index.php/pro ... ral-feeder

The only thing I don't like about them is the cover setup with the link pin. Neighbor has them and has a lot of cover issues with them ripping and coming off.
 
This works just fine for under 40 head. Yup, a barrel on a pallet. Gets dragged a couple hundred feet every day and holds a salt block and 50 lbs. of loose mineral no problem. Btw, please ignore the condition on this cow. This was early spring after I just acquired her.


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I made my own also. I don't have a pic but it's pretty simple. Took an empty old lick tub. Drill a couple a really small holes in the bottom just to let any heavy rain makes it way through. Then I took a used truck tire. Cut a couple inches out of the inside diameter on one side so the tub slides in nice and snug. Then on the other side of the tire drilled a couple holes through the tire and into the tub and bolted the 2 together. I've used just a tub but the cows kept tipping it over and then your just wasting mineral. I've had one of my tire tub combos for 3 years now and haven't had it tipped yet.

Sometimes it's just nice to try a couple of things out by making you own. Like placement, size, covered, uncovered. What ever....
 
Aaron":2qjkhxn9 said:
These are the ones I use, I've got 5 of them in use. Haven't broken one yet and the oldest one is about 4 years old - even have cows step right on top of them and no breakage. I can put one 50 lb bag of salt and a 50 lb bag of mineral in them. Cattle, even bulls, can't flip them when put on level ground and fully loaded. When empty, they will usually flip them upside down - tipping me off to refill them. If you want more weight and additional height to them, you can mount them on a bigger tractor tire.

http://www.amazon.com/Behlen-Country-28 ... m_sbs_lg_1

They run about $140 here. For a little more capacity, you could go for the Sioux Steel feeder, they run about $40 more than the Behlen:

http://www.siouxsteel.com/index.php/pro ... ral-feeder

The only thing I don't like about them is the cover setup with the link pin. Neighbor has them and has a lot of cover issues with them ripping and coming off.
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Usually ships within 1 to 2 months.
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So if I ordered one today, it might be here by US Thanksgiving? :lol2: :lol2:
 
We have a mineral feeder like Duns. Lot cheaper than the one with the flap cover. We have used an open tub and set it inside an old tractor tire. Cows can't turn it over that way. No cover so it can rain on it, that is if it ever rains. That hasn't been much of a problem lately.

My 2 cents,
Farmgirl
 
Been using Ameriag mineral feeders for year and half. Got 3 in use and they solved my needs fine. Tried 3-4 different ways over the years . semi tire holds it down. Wont tip over and you can attach fly bullets easily. I use mine around catch pens to get look at individual cows. Ameriag.com
 
Bought a couple of these two years ago. They have really held up well. I will probably buy another this year. Mineral stays dry and the things are designed to spin so that the wind is always blowing against the backside. That keeps rain from blowing in. Very tough and almost impossible to flip over due to the very wide base.
http://www.ourcoop.com/productcatalog/M ... 5440&mod=I
 

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