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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2015-03-23 11:41 AM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	svincent - 2015-03-23 11:03 AM I keep a Redmond block in the bottom of the feed bin in the stalls. My horse licks it, scrapes his teeth on it, and just plain bites it if he needs to. I'll have to look into these.... anything to keep my gelding from scraping his water tank! gah, it's annoying!!
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babiemox Reg. Dec 2004	Posted 2015-03-23 12:05 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Unknown Drip Posts: 5624 Location: Back in MT BABY!!!	We have always done a variety of salt blocks for our horses....Traditionally we will offer White, Green(this is trace mineral w/selenium), and Yellow (sulfer). The horses LOVE the sulfer block!!! They will go through this twice as fast as the other two. That being said we just did a test and our horses are also showing they are low in Cobalt so now we are giving them a Blue block!
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AngieM1 Reg. Aug 2012	Posted 2015-03-23 1:46 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Veteran Posts: 242 Location: Nowhere Land	I find that the Himalayan Salt Licks last much longer and horses love them most of my "picky" eaters wont touch a regular salt block. The Himalayan ones have a "smoother" surface they seem to enjoy them much more.
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3rdtimesacharm Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2015-03-23 2:02 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Big Gun Posts: 2216 Location: Texas	My horse loves his Himalayan as well
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soonergirl98 Reg. Oct 2009	Posted 2015-03-23 2:11 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Expert Posts: 2013 Location: Piedmont, OK	I was told by my grandpa to put yellow ones out in the summer it helps keeps ticks off because it has sulphur.
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hoofs_in_motion Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2015-03-23 2:38 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Undercover Amish Mafia Member Posts: 9992 Location: Kansas	soonergirl98 - 2015-03-23 2:11 PM I was told by my grandpa to put yellow ones out in the summer it helps keeps ticks off because it has sulphur. that is why I put the yellow out...I've never really had an issue with ticks when I use them. Spiders on the other hand........ICK! They are everywhere in my horses pasture!!!!
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imturnin3 Reg. Apr 2010	Posted 2015-03-23 3:19 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Extreme Veteran Posts: 477 Location: Lost in the swamps	I have all three(white,yellow,red) in each pasture, I let them choose what they need.
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fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2015-03-23 8:16 PM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3314 Location: Jersey Girl	I always have the mineral and regular (white) salt blocks available to my horses. IMO its part of good horse keeping. I didn't know there was a yellow one.....
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Red Raider Reg. Jul 2010	Posted 2015-03-24 8:45 AM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Toastest with the Mostest Posts: 5712 Location: That part of Texas	fulltiltfilly - 2015-03-23 8:16 PM I always have the mineral and regular (white) salt blocks available to my horses. IMO its part of good horse keeping. I didn't know there was a yellow one..... I always have some form of mineral block and salt out too. I will have to try the others this summer. I must have freaky horses because all of them like the blocks and will lick/bite/eat them from time to time. I didn't ever consider it a waste but something that was necessary as good horsekeeping too.
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lhighquality Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2015-03-24 9:01 AM Subject: RE: Salt Blocks
Elite Veteran Posts: 915 Location: SE KS	FlyingJT - 2015-03-23 10:24 AM Doesn't the yellow have Sulfur in it? This is what I thought too!!! We get them bc of the sulphur to help keep the flies off the horses.
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