I don't raise these sheep anymore and I haven't been able to figure out how to
unsubscribe to this list. Can you let me know how? Thanks Carol!
Cheryl
Cheryl McLaughlin
Financial Advisor
Edward Jones Investments
(520) 507-1750
On Wed, 10/2/13,
Mineral supplements, as the name implies, are intended to supplement
whatever may be lacking in the natural soils. Check out "USGS -mineral
resources on-line spatial data"
(http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geochemistry/county.php) to see what the average
mineral concentrations are and what may be lacking in
I use a loose sheep mineral, one that has no copper in it. Yes it is
outrageously expensive, but my sheep don't eat much of it very fast
so it lasts a long time (a bag every year or so). In contrast, when I
used a mineral block, they ate it like candy because of the molasses
that glued everythi
I always supplement. I have used MLS tubs which are mollasess based
with great vitamins & mineral kinda high at 38 for 60 lbs but it takes
awhile to use up if your sheep are eating good quality hay etc. Or Kent
brand loose mineral. And I use a protein block from Ragland Mills in
Neosho MO. A lo
any recomdations for a mineral supplement. Do blackbelly sheep need it? What I
have been using seems expencive.
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