Mag Chloride in a blend bin

[DairyGrazing]

I want to have the Mag Chloride put in the blend with use for the close to calving cows.

We will buy a small blend bin to put it in will there be a corrosion issue?

 

[lazy farmer]

Any potential issue with it making the blend more sticky ?

 

[Kiss]

Would calicined magnesite not be better?

 

[dinderleat]

Kiss

 

[deleted user 837354]

Get the stuff added to the blend properly. It's not worth the grief/risk. If a cow was to eat a lump of the stuff it will be dead as a dodo.

Put the mag chloride into their water supply for now to use it up.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Would calicined magnesite not be better?

Ill ask but I think there is an issue with replacing the MagChloride completely with calcite magnesite.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Get the stuff added to the blend properly. It's not worth the grief/risk. If a cow was to eat a lump of the stuff it will be dead as a dodo.

Put the mag chloride into their water supply for now to use it up.

At the moment i'm just dropping the bag on the floor and breaking up any lumps before I put it in the loader bucket.

Never seemed to be able to get it right when we put it in the water. I think it was putting too many off drinking.

 

[deleted user 837354]

At the moment i'm just dropping the bag on the floor and breaking up any lumps before I put it in the loader bucket.

Never seemed to be able to get it right when we put it in the water. I think it was putting too many off drinking.

Yes, mag chloride tastes awful so they won't want to eat it or drink water with it in. If you are getting a blend delivered specifically for dry cows it is probably worth getting dry cow mineral put into the blend when it is manufactured.

 

[DairyGrazing]

Yeah at the moment having the dry cow blend in totes have to bucket it into the loader bucket with the minerals and Mag Chloride. Complete PITA.

Mill does mix blend/mag/minerals together for other people but they either have it in totes for smaller farms or much bigger farms are having it on the floor. They don't have anyone blowing it in a bin to ask about corrosion and it sticking.

 

[Highland Mule]

I want to have the Mag Chloride put in the blend with use for the close to calving cows.

We will buy a small blend bin to put it in will there be a corrosion issue?

It’s very corrosive - to both mild and stainless steels.

 

[Batty]

Yeah at the moment having the dry cow blend in totes have to bucket it into the loader bucket with the minerals and Mag Chloride. Complete PITA.

Mill does mix blend/mag/minerals together for other people but they either have it in totes for smaller farms or much bigger farms are having it on the floor. They don't have anyone blowing it in a bin to ask about corrosion and it sticking.

It’s very corrosive - to both mild and stainless steels.

Fibre glass or GRP bin?