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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1839320" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>They have a selenium salt block. They consumed it last summer but now don't show much interest in it now. They are going after the Wind and rain high mag.</p><p></p><p> Actually they don't spend much time in the shed row. They come in, stand around and eat mineral, then leave.</p><p></p><p>Dairy cows are not managed like beef cattle. They are like hot house flowers. Jerseys milk off their backs as they say, quickly loosing weight to the point of looking skeletal when producing large amounts of milk. When they come fresh they can go down with milk fever from not enough available calcium to run their muscles. When in milk they need at least one pound of 16% grain for every gallon they produce. The grain has to be started and gradually increased 2 weeks before calving. If they don't have enough magnesium when grazing in the spring grass they can get grass tetany. The grass stays green here except in the summer, The days are getting longer and the grass is just starting to grow, Maybe that explains the sudden intake of Wind and Rain High Mag, I'm supposed to put out baking soda when they are in milk and eating a lot of grain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1839320, member: 42782"] They have a selenium salt block. They consumed it last summer but now don't show much interest in it now. They are going after the Wind and rain high mag. Actually they don't spend much time in the shed row. They come in, stand around and eat mineral, then leave. Dairy cows are not managed like beef cattle. They are like hot house flowers. Jerseys milk off their backs as they say, quickly loosing weight to the point of looking skeletal when producing large amounts of milk. When they come fresh they can go down with milk fever from not enough available calcium to run their muscles. When in milk they need at least one pound of 16% grain for every gallon they produce. The grain has to be started and gradually increased 2 weeks before calving. If they don't have enough magnesium when grazing in the spring grass they can get grass tetany. The grass stays green here except in the summer, The days are getting longer and the grass is just starting to grow, Maybe that explains the sudden intake of Wind and Rain High Mag, I'm supposed to put out baking soda when they are in milk and eating a lot of grain. [/QUOTE]
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