Recent content by dalebarber

It does sound like a water or grass issue, maybe too much of iron, sulphur, etccc... something that is tying up another needed mineral. Throughout the year consumption changes based on rain, or no rain, maturity of grass etc... Animals could hunt for plants that afforded the minerals they...

THE POINT I AM MAKING IS SALT IS CHEAPER BY ITSELF, THAN PURCHASED IN A MINERAL, AND MOST OF THE TIME A LOWER PRICED MINERAL IS LOADED WITH SALT, OR LOW QUALITY MINERALS,(OXIDES) THAT ARE IN THE MINERAL AT THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS ANOTHER HIGHER QUALITY MINERAL, YET THEY ARE NOT AS AVAILABLE TO BE...

RP'S CAN REALLY BE BROUGHT TO A BARE MINIMUM ON A GOOD MINERAL SOURCE, I RECCOMEND VITAFERM ROUGHAGE FORTIFIER, AND IF YOU ARE REALLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CONCEPTION RATES ,GO WITH CONCEPT AID. THERE IS NOT A BETTER BREEDER MINERAL MANUFACTURED. THIS PROGRAM WILL RUN YOU BETWEEN 45-50 DOLLARS A...

RESEARCH YOUR GENETIC POTENTIAL AND DECIDE ON WHAT TRAITS TO BREED FOR, STRENGTH,TEMPER, SPEED, ETC... DO YOU WANT PASTURE BRED ANIMALS, A.I., OR EMBRYO TRANSFER WORK. THIS DAY AND AGE I KNOW A VET OR TWO REALLY INTO CLONING. MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND CALL ME BACK WHEN WE GET EM ON THE GROUND.

TOO LITTLE TO LATE, BUT IF YOU CAN FIND THE DRENCH CALLED APPETITE PLUS, OR PASTE OR BOLUS CALLED VITACHARGE, THEY DO WORK WONDERS, USE IN YOUR USUAL RECEIVING PROGRAM, AND MAYBE FOLLOW UP AGAIN IF NECESSARY FOR A $1.00-$1.40 A DOSE, IT WILL REALLY SHINE ON THOSE SALE BARN CALVES.

that is very true, it is the cheapest but figure it according to the cost of a total bag of mineral. say for instance a decent 12:12 cow mineral at say $16.00 for 50 lbs. with 25% salt that means 12.5 lbs of that bag is salt. 16.00 divided by 25% is $4.00. out here we can by a 50# bag of salt...

yes they are, out here in the texas panhandle rain usually isn't a problem. . by only putting out a weeks feeding at a time shouldn't lose to much consumption stays around a pound and cows winter great. You will see consumption jump 1/2 lb right before calving.

SALT IN MINERAL IS CONSIDERED TO BOTH ATTRACT AND LIMIT INTAKE IN MINERALS. SALT IS VERY EXPENSIVE AS PART OF A MINERAL PACKAGE FIGURE A 25% SALT IN MINERAL, MEANS EVERY 10 BAGS IN A TON IS PURE SALT. MINERALS ARE FORMULATED AT SO MANY OZS. PER DAY SO MIX YOUR OWN SALT TO ACQUIRE THE DESIRED...

SEE IF YOU CAN LOCATE POWER KEGS MANF. BY VITAFERM WITH AMAFERM, THEY ARE 20% PROTEIN WITH A BREEDER FORMULATED MINERAL AND VITAMIN PACKAGE (W CHELATED COPPER) FEEDS FOR AROUND 35 CENTS A DAY. CONSUMPTION ON ALL TUBS DEPENDS ON AVAILABLE FORAGE, THEY ARE ONLY A SUPPLEMENT NOT A COMPLETE FEED

WHEN IT COMES TO NUTRITION ASK A NUTRITIONIST AVAILABLE THRU YOUR LOCAL FEED DEALER, THEIR SERVICE IS USUALLY AT NO COST IS TO THE DEALER, BELEIVE IT OR NOT AND I HAVE A VET IN THE FAMILY, VERY LITTLE NUTRITION COURSES ARE REQUIRED FOR A DEGREE.

VITAFERM ROUGHAGE FORTIFIER YEAR ROUND, YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG, NEVER SCRIMP ON MINERAL TODAYS COST ARE AROUND 10 TO 13 CENTS A DAY, NOT MUCH FOR A $700.00 CALF.