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anyone NOT use mineral?
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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 921036" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>It could also be bored cattle. If you make it really easy on them they'll take advantage of it. I put out protien tubs in places that are conveniant for the cattle only when I want to suplement protien. They will stand there and lick it regardless of their need for protien and minerals. </p><p>The rest of the time its sack mineral in a waterpfoof tub so that even if it rains the mineral stays put. I place it at points where the cattle have to push out to new areas to get it. I'm a little easier on them with mineral but if they want white salt they have to travel to the areas they normally wouldn't go to. That way they'll use the feed more evenly rather than just eating in the same area all of the time.</p><p>Edited to add: I didn't use any mineral at all for awhile and I decided it was cheaper to put out a few sacks than it was to go rope sick cattle and pay for extra semen. a few doses of antibiotics and the time it takes to rope a footrot cow is more than a sack of mineral... Ever extra straw of good semen is worth a sack of mineral...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 921036, member: 14661"] It could also be bored cattle. If you make it really easy on them they'll take advantage of it. I put out protien tubs in places that are conveniant for the cattle only when I want to suplement protien. They will stand there and lick it regardless of their need for protien and minerals. The rest of the time its sack mineral in a waterpfoof tub so that even if it rains the mineral stays put. I place it at points where the cattle have to push out to new areas to get it. I'm a little easier on them with mineral but if they want white salt they have to travel to the areas they normally wouldn't go to. That way they'll use the feed more evenly rather than just eating in the same area all of the time. Edited to add: I didn't use any mineral at all for awhile and I decided it was cheaper to put out a few sacks than it was to go rope sick cattle and pay for extra semen. a few doses of antibiotics and the time it takes to rope a footrot cow is more than a sack of mineral... Ever extra straw of good semen is worth a sack of mineral... [/QUOTE]
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