Cattle mineral feeder ideas

[Jamón]

Does anyone have any recommendations or DIY ideas for free access cattle mineral feeders/dispensers!? (housed cattle)
Having a bit of a mental block Cattle are indoors so something that bolts on a wall/rsj or hangs on feed barrier (top height). Cattle fed in ad lib hoppers/ haylage bunkers so not ideal place to place the minerals.
Thanks for any ideas

 

[davidroberts30]

Half 40gal barrels
Drop a 6inch block in then the mineral

 

[bluebell]

buy a tote ton bag of himilayan rock salt, all the minerals in it?

 

[neilo]

buy a tote ton bag of himilayan rock salt, all the minerals in it?

Despite what some (well, one mostly) of the suppliers might tell you, there is next to bugger all in rock salt apart from salt. Certainly not enough to supplement any deficiencies that are bad enough to need supplementing.

 

[neilo]

Half 40gal barrels
Drop a 6inch block in then the mineral

Used to do this at home, but with the barrel cut off at 2/3 height and half that filled with concrete.

 

[Andrew1983]

The old fire clay troughs/sinks are my indoor feeder of choice. Out side the best I have Seen although I haven’t got any yet are the big round tubs that are designed not to be tipped over, they have a rubber flap lid fixed from the centre so cows can lift it with nose and get in to mins without them getting wet.