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 Warrior Mom
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| Has anyone used these tubs? New feed store is carrying them. |
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Location: Arkansas | Not personally but I have close friends that beyond love them. Convenient and the horses like them and look great they said. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | I've used them. Horses loved them. Had one get pretty hot when on it but could have been coincidence as well. Had a broodmare completely change color! Only stopped because I was going through so much that I couldn't afford it and buckeye makes a mineral with no molasses that my horses love just as much. |
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Warrior Mom
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| Thanks. I haven't been able to look at the ingredients. So it has molasses in it? I'm afraid my horses would sit there and eat it all in 1 day |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | yes there is molasses. My horses went through it incredibly fast... for this reason i'm sure! They do go through the buckeye blocks quickly as well if they havent had them for a while. But they slow down after the first few. The horselic they never slowed down and I just couldnt afford to keep up |
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Location: SE KS | want2chase3 - 2017-01-30 12:47 PM
Thanks. I haven't been able to look at the ingredients. So it has molasses in it? I'm afraid my horses would sit there and eat it all in 1 day
We use them, n yes at first they went through them like a kid with candy!!! However, we now go about 2 wks with one tub being used by 5 horses. |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | I used to sell the cattle version of these (same company, SmartLic). The horse blocks were a very new product so I didn't get terrible familiar with those before I changed jobs. They did have a mentholated lic that I wish I could still find--freaking awesome product that stopped a cribber I had.
The consumption issues can be a couple of things. Are your horses behind on salt? Do they have enough roughage? The lics are made with magnesium chloride--which tastes just like sodium chloride. Whenever we'd see over consumption with cattle that was the first question I asked. The tubs themselves DO NOT have salt in them, assuming that they have not changed formulation. Therefor you need to offer salt with them, preferable loose salt, but a block would work also. In close proximity to the tubs.
Also, placement is a big issue. Everybody wants to place them by the water tank or other loafing areas, which is a great place to introduce them, but once they are discovered, the tubs should be moved out a ways, and can be used to manipulate grazing patterns by drawing animals to them.
Stocking rate/surface area is something too. Too few animals on too large a tub limits competition for them. Too many animals on too small a tub creates too much. Watch their licking patterns. If they dish them down, eating the center first, you need a smaller container. If they eat the outside first, you need a larger container, or more containers. Product level should remain fairly level from start to finish.
Edited by RockinGR 2017-01-30 3:40 PM
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Location: Arkansas | lhighquality - 2017-01-30 2:32 PM
want2chase3 - 2017-01-30 12:47 PM
Thanks. I haven't been able to look at the ingredients. So it has molasses in it? I'm afraid my horses would sit there and eat it all in 1 day
We use them, n yes at first they went through them like a kid with candy!!! However, we now go about 2 wks with one tub being used by 5 horses.
I think I remember my friend saying the same thing---at first they just sucked them down, but then they kinda leveled out. |
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Warrior Mom
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| How do the tubs hold up in the weather? Do they need to stay out of the rain? |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | want2chase3 - 2017-01-31 2:21 PM
How do the tubs hold up in the weather? Do they need to stay out of the rain?
The top layer (about 1/4") will tack up with moisture and heat but it should remain solid--and you should remove the tub if it doesn't because they can over eat if it gets soft and that is a product defect. Take soft tubs back to the retailer. I always told producers they could pour off the water so that the livestock could get to the product, especially if they were using the larger/deeper tubs. Cattle will usually drink the water off. |
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| Do you guys grain still with these tubs?? |
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Location: SE KS | cowgirl156 - 2017-04-10 7:23 AM
Do you guys grain still with these tubs??
Yes, we still grain. Although we don't have to feed as much grain with them.
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| What do you guys pay for a 250lb tub?
Edited by cowgirl156 2017-04-10 6:27 PM
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| Anyone have a price on a 250lb tub? |
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Location: Arkansas | Bump |
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