Sparky270
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- Location
- Lathus st remy
Do many people use this for cattle ? They claim it contains 80 trace elements ! Just found this http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115738
Himalayan Rock Salt
- Thread starter Sparky270
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- Location
- Devon
Always did but its trebled in cost and the last lot was very soluble and disappeared in a shower.
- Location
- Norfolk
All the time £220/t IIRC last week.
http://www.dairy-direct.co.uk/?page_id=806
£199/t now special offer
http://www.dairy-direct.co.uk/?page_id=806
£199/t now special offer
Sparky270
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- Location
- Lathus st remy
All the time £220/t IIRC last week.
http://www.dairy-direct.co.uk/?page_id=806
£199/t now special offer
Good price,quoted 570€ ex Ireland
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Don't know about rock salt but that David icke forum seems to have 99k members
.We're doomed I tell you doomed.
Andyfeed
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- Location
- Surrey, UK
We sell loads to our horse customers for £200 a ton break it up drill a hole in it and supply a bit of rope we sell it for 5kg for £5.99. is it safe to feed to sheep though?
- Location
- Devon
Great for sheep.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Bought some a while ago and I was expecting it to be pink. It was grey, hard as granite and the sheep hardly touched it. Got some pink stuff now so should be better.
Check inside the bag before you pay for it.
Check inside the bag before you pay for it.
- Location
- Devon
I think the pink is due to mineral/ trace element content which is good but makes it much more soluble and will soon dissolve in damp conditions whereas the whiter the block, the more pure the salt and lasts much longer.
Andyfeed
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- Location
- Surrey, UK
Great thanks
hillman
Member
- Location
- Wicklow Ireland
I got a tonn at the ploughing delivered for €300 , the cattle love it and the ewes by cripres they motor through it
yes i do
- Location
- Norfolk
They are a very good company might be worth a call to see if they can send it over to you. I used to have white from another place not really sure what the difference is, I think its very good to help prevent problems if your ration is a bit hot etc or adjusting to new feeds, also helps prevent naval sucking in calves, I think there is many trace elements in it but mine still motor through minerals. Doesnt do the metal troughs much good though.
Sparky270
Member
- Location
- Lathus st remy
Might just do that ,at that price it's cheaper than the salt were using at minute !
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Ummmm, just because stock like the taste of it (as do I), does that mean they need it?
I had a bag a couple of years ago, to use as & when, and had a follow up phone call last Autumn to see if I needed some more. The guy seemed most put out when I told him I didn't need any more yet.
If you're short of Sodium, is it better to apply ag salt at 1 cwt/ac in place of potash? Just thinking.
I had a bag a couple of years ago, to use as & when, and had a follow up phone call last Autumn to see if I needed some more. The guy seemed most put out when I told him I didn't need any more yet.
If you're short of Sodium, is it better to apply ag salt at 1 cwt/ac in place of potash? Just thinking.
- Location
- Norfolk
I feed f beet and hay to cows all winter, and use 2-3cwt an acre of ag salt on beet, yet they still love it, not going to loose much sleep over £1-2/head all winter for something they like, if nothing more it occupies their time a bit to save them from destroying sheds
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
Salt blocks stop my cows licking all the pointing out all the stone walls!
mushnt grummmble
Member
mine start licking sh!t and pee so the salt stops that
- Location
- Norfolk
We got the soft Norfolk red bricks here with lime motar, the damage they can do if they keep licking them, if I see one doing it I know the tub with salt and minerals in is empty! They are not stupid.
- Location
- cornwall
I didn't realise this pink Himalayan Rock salt has all these other minerals in it, where can you find a list of all the minerals in it, there is no label on the bags?