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Re: [RC] loose salt - Carol SuggsThats a great idea Jim, I will have to try that. Our purina rep was telling us though that horses don't get enough of the minerals and salt that they need from these blocks just by licking them...that they need much higher concentrations of the minerals. And was suggesting to us that we might try a mineral supplement that they have called Natures Essentials Mare Care (I think thats what its called, I'd have to go out and look in the barn to be sure). We have been using it for about 2 months now on everyone in the barn and I don't really know if I can tell a difference or not. One of our mares has a tendancy to "tie up" from time to time and she hasn't seemed to have this issue since she's been on the minerals. Wondering if anyone else is on this stuff and have any comments on that? Carol-Mariposa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Holland" <lanconn@xxxxxxx> To: <mfarm@xxxxxxx>; "'Ridecamp (E-mail)'" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: RE: [RC] loose salt Not sure why you would feed LOOSE salt in the pasture....that's kind of a exercise in frustration, since it gets wet, hard, spilled on the ground, and mixed with just about everything. I provided loose salt for quite a while in the stalls, but they never touched it. They have a large block of both white and mineral available and they prefer that. I have multiple pastures (5) and move my guys once a week. I wanted them to have salt in the pasture, but those large blocks and the salt feeder are heavy and that was a LOT of trouble. I tried feeding the little small salt blocks, but I never could find a decent holder....those little wire ones are crap. They horses yanked the blocks out of the holders, bent the holders, the salt fell out, they toted them all over the pasture, I hit them with the mower...just a real pain. Then I discovered these. Go to Jeffers at: http://www.jeffersequine.com/ssc/ In the search at top left, key in SP-L1 (This is the item number) Can't give you a direct link...doesn't work. I mount one of these on a post about knee high near each water trough. It has a little "post" in the middle. I take one of the small salt blocks, drill a one inch hole in the middle with a spade bit and drop it in the feeder over the post. When I move the horses, I just move the block to the feeder in the next pasture. Clean, easy, and difficult to get it out when they chew on it. Any pieces or loose salt just stays in the feeder and they can lick or eat that as well. If you want a pic of what it looks like in the pasture, drop me a note privately. Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, Ga 30513 (706) 258-2830 www.threecreeksarabians.com Callsign KI4BEN -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam and Jannelle Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:06 PM To: Ridecamp (E-mail) Subject: [RC] lose salt What do people use to feed lose salt in the pasture? My girls keep turning over the pan and dumping it on the ground. I dissapears during the day, but I think that they are eating some dirt with it and I do not know how much they are really getting. Thanks Adam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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