awkward
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- kerry ireland
the central Pacific is worse. can't abide the disposable lifestyle of today
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
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I have said many times, it is not what we have, it is what we do with it - and that just shows how ignorant the human race has become to the environment.
She obviously doesn't like the UK either
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
In my river days EVERY blockage I ever came across had plastic in it, no matter how remote the location
Don't call us pigs Roy, pigs are way cleaner than that.
Don't call us pigs Roy, pigs are way cleaner than that.
yes but some are more equal than others
- Location
- Cornwall
“Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
Horses treat us as equals. Pigs treat us as dinner.
- Location
- Angus
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I watch most of your videos Roy but can't stand the Aussie accent ;-P
I like the idea of the tonic tea bags in water troughs too, beats the hell out of spraying fields!
I watch most of your videos Roy but can't stand the Aussie accent ;-P
I like the idea of the tonic tea bags in water troughs too, beats the hell out of spraying fields!
Ive just read that one sounds a very good idea. Im suprised no one has tried that for minerals yet
- Location
- Angus
Well if it works for spreading seeds and nutrients then sprayers will be redundant and the beasts will wonder what the chuff we're feeding them!
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I have no questions about that
Nothing wrong with "old fashioned" most things really - amazingly similar to milk fats and the argument for raw milk
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I have tried those floating dispensers but pretty expensive for what they are.
I like the shadecloth idea for price though.
As far as minerals go, it doesn't matter where you input them as it is all a big cycle (for most of them)
Most of them are reasonably abundant but conveniently just out of root depth or locked up because the soil is out of whack.
It is astounding when you think just how much money, time and effort has gone into creating these problems
Did I miss a link on tonic tea bags in my skimming? Or is it in a video because I don't usually watch those due to data.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
It's in a video. They're made out of shadecloth and popped into the trough
What's their purpose?It's in a video. They're made out of shadecloth and popped into the trough
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Just introducing minerals - or, more accurately biological stuff, into the water.
As I have probably said inline dispenser systems work well for normal soluble minerals but some living cultures are killed by high pressure or regrow in the lines (seaweed powders and kefir in my experience were no good through the water system)
I have a dosatron but it is all gravity-driven from the roof to the troughs
Do you water cattle with filtered, bottled water that there's no minerals or biological stuff in it 
My well water has quite high calcium, decent sulfur too. The dugout and pond seems to grow a large assortment of biological doodads as well. A healthy riparian system should offer plenty of adequate water health. Loose minerals the rest if you're in an area deficient in something.
The only thing in my water trough that I put there are goldfish
My well water has quite high calcium, decent sulfur too. The dugout and pond seems to grow a large assortment of biological doodads as well. A healthy riparian system should offer plenty of adequate water health. Loose minerals the rest if you're in an area deficient in something.
The only thing in my water trough that I put there are goldfish
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I make quite a bit of apple cider vinegar and I put a fair bit of that through the stock, as it only costs my spare time. (Plenty of roadside apple trees about so we'll generally stop and gather them up)Do you water cattle with filtered, bottled water that there's no minerals or biological stuff in it
My well water has quite high calcium, decent sulfur too. The dugout and pond seems to grow a large assortment of biological doodads as well. A healthy riparian system should offer plenty of adequate water health. Loose minerals the rest if you're in an area deficient in something.
The only thing in my water trough that I put there are goldfish
It seems to be a good tonic and being free I am fairly generous with it.
However my stockwater troughs are fed directly from the town supply system (tanks up on our hill) so I can't connect my dosatron in without some fuss being made, or I would likely dribble some seaweed and ACV in at that point for convenience.
Just got the lab results back from the 8 cattle I sent to be killed, and bloods were good for selenium iodine copper etc etc so I don't think too much is wrong with our current system.
ShooTa
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- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
what dosage of ACV did you use @Kiwi Pete - we tried some on our pet lambs a while back but they didnt go for it....i think we put a cap ful in a standard black bucket.
we're coming up to doing our second batch of weiging (just short of 100 days on the lambs) as it works out on the moves before they head out over some fairly leggy but 90+ day rested stuff for the next week or so.
we're coming up to doing our second batch of weiging (just short of 100 days on the lambs) as it works out on the moves before they head out over some fairly leggy but 90+ day rested stuff for the next week or so.
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