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Ive noticed the calves hitting the mineral feeder far more than the mature cows. Is there any particular reason or is it just because they burn so much up in growth?
hooknline":1519toi6 said:Sounds like what mine are doing. 50 lbs in 2 months for 13 hd including calves. And its been out ling rnough for the mature cows to not need that much.
Everytime i turn atound theres a calfs head in the dern thng
Help me out here. I either stayed up too late or got up too early, and with what little gray matter I have left, I figured at 50 lbs. per 6o days, thats a little over 1 oz. per cow or calf a day. There is no way you can stay in the cattle bidness at that rate. Did I figure that right or is dementia sitting in faster than I thought?hooknline":3i3fkh8t said:Sounds like what mine are doing. 50 lbs in 2 months for 13 hd including calves. And its been out ling rnough for the mature cows to not need that much.
Everytime i turn atound theres a calfs head in the dern thng
hooknline":1w72i08s said:Ive noticed the calves hitting the mineral feeder far more than the mature cows. Is there any particular reason or is it just because they burn so much up in growth?
hooknline":1w1137y8 said:There is salt in the mineral. 31%
That is a lot of salt for a mineral. Included at that rate it should actually limit intake. The 3 components included at the highest rates in mineral is normally calcium, phos. and salt. In order to get salt up to 31% I'd think they had to cut one of the other back considerably. Since phos is the most expensive I'd just guess it would be the phos.hooknline":2s60l4sr said:Good point gale. I noticed the salt level and it seemed high to me as well. Honestly its the first time i really looked at the tag because its what was recc by several cattlemen and the ext agent.
Maybe im just reading too much into it