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Highland Mule

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Livestock Farmer
That response was worrying, illogical or poorly translated to English and self contradictory - questioning the qualifications of vets.... Please.

I've just gotta go get the salt spreader

FYI.
Seamill Salt Works ltd is a small company based in West Kilbride (Glasgow area) and owned by two people - one British national and one Pakistani national.
 

S J H

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I spoke to my vet this morning after dealing with stitching up my tup who picked a fight with his reflection (stood on bale next to truck - by bye window).
"oh is thst back again"
"get bloods and soil tested and find out what your sheep need and formulate the treatment as needed"
Showed her this thread and she laughed.... By all means offer salt but she was clear - salt helps orf because the virus can't survive a saline environment so if you have orf go for it.... Orf sores carry bacteria too causing mastitis so again it hasa place.

The te levels are so low as to be "irrelevant" , one bolus has more than 500kg of Salt of te.
I bolus my sheep to address known blood confirmed issues. We worked it out thst my animals would need to consume 600g a day of salt to get their te needs. This would kill them.


I'll take my vets advice. A vet who has helped me double dlwg and increase lambing percentage by 28% over 4 years, and has helped me eradicate sway back, most scours and worms as a problem from my flock. She took another set of bloods today as its a while since done - and we noted on the last results sodium was actually quite high - she was clear that she would be concerned for welfare if I put salt out as it would push sodium high and cause heart issues. All for te intake so low as to be less than the forage analysis my grass shows....

Oh wait


I'd be better suplimenting my sheep with grass....

So
Salt has a place

Anyone who cares about their sheep speak to their vet and find out what is actually needed for Your animals.... Yours

And analyse your soil, blood and forage.... If you have low sodium go for it. It will help. If you have orf... Go for it...
But for gods sake don't buy it for snake oil value....
Double dlwg? wtf were you doing before.
 
Double dlwg? wtf were you doing before.
Permanent pasture, mules and suplimenting avg 140g a day lamb growth in 2014. Now all above 250g a day and plenty above 320.
Main differences were breeding and culling, trace elements, lime and grass changes. Stopped worming as standard and went famacha and strict rotational, and buying in worm resistance tups where possible.
 
Permanent pasture, mules and suplimenting avg 140g a day lamb growth in 2014. Now all above 250g a day and plenty above 320.
Main differences were breeding and culling, trace elements, lime and grass changes. Stopped worming as standard and went famacha and strict rotational, and buying in worm resistance tups where possible.



Great, well done. Looks like like you thought about where the money came from and are now following it.
 

Moors Lad

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Location
N Yorks
FYI.
Seamill Salt Works ltd is a small company based in West Kilbride (Glasgow area) and owned by two people - one British national and one Pakistani national.
A FEW years ago I spoke to a gentleman from that outfit and he was an American, and he was very knowledgeable (;)).....
Am I dreaming it or does salt help with rumen ph if there`s a high cereal content diet ?
There are salt bins on the sides of the roads on the N Y Moors (on hills) and the old ewes either lick freshly spread salt on the road surface or lick it out of the salt bins. Some smart old dears can even lift the plastic lid of the bin with their head just far enough to be able to help themselves...:cool: That keeps the cost down !! A real Yorkshire solution to rising costs..:ROFLMAO:
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
A FEW years ago I spoke to a gentleman from that outfit and he was an American, and he was very knowledgeable (;)).....
Am I dreaming it or does salt help with rumen ph if there`s a high cereal content diet ?
There are salt bins on the sides of the roads on the N Y Moors (on hills) and the old ewes either lick freshly spread salt on the road surface or lick it out of the salt bins. Some smart old dears can even lift the plastic lid of the bin with their head just far enough to be able to help themselves...:cool: That keeps the cost down !! A real Yorkshire solution to rising costs..:ROFLMAO:
They took the salt bins away from round here. As fast as the council filled them the locals emptied them. 🤣🤣

but on point, our HRS comes from Rumen Supplies. Good gear at good price 👌🏻👍 see hardly any orf in our sheep now.
 
A FEW years ago I spoke to a gentleman from that outfit and he was an American, and he was very knowledgeable (;)).....
Am I dreaming it or does salt help with rumen ph if there`s a high cereal content diet ?
There are salt bins on the sides of the roads on the N Y Moors (on hills) and the old ewes either lick freshly spread salt on the road surface or lick it out of the salt bins. Some smart old dears can even lift the plastic lid of the bin with their head just far enough to be able to help themselves...:cool: That keeps the cost down !! A real Yorkshire solution to rising costs..:ROFLMAO:
I saw this the other week driving over!
My son wanted to stop and un tangle a stuck ewe, arse out in the road.
Bibbed and it looked up licking its lips dead chuffed with itself.
Pink cheshire road salt must be as good as himalayan stuff.
 

Ahmed_Khan

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Mixed Farmer
Well i buy these himalayan rock salt from smsalt . You can give it a try
We're trialling no longer orf vaccinating some lambs this year. Because orf is a risk I'm going to put out rock salt for the lambs. I tried the Frobuts from DB in the past but worked out they were costing more than the vaccine did.

Where do you people get rock salt from. Ideally looking for bigger lumps so probably best to buy a bulk bag.
 

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